Coiled basket

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Description: 

Oval, cedar bundle construction, tightly, coiled basket. Dark in color with no designs. Curved sides, flare then taper at top. Braided rim is broken in some places. Sweatlodge basket, Okanagon per Lynn Harrison 1991, width: 6 3/8"; height: 6",

Protocol: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Public Access, Colville Community Public Access
Community: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Original Date Description: 
1875-1900
Creator: 
Colville-Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, culture group, Okanogan-Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Maker, Northern Plateau-Interior Salish, culture group
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Copyright for permission to reproduce Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society Spokane, Washington
Source: 
AI Collection
Publisher: 
EWSHS/MAC
Identifier: 
MAC_11968
Subject: 
Plateau, Okanogan, Colville, Storage (Tools & Equipment->Container), Craft (Tools & Equipment)
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPEG
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Cultural Narrative: 

This looks like a cooking basket, with really tiny weave, with breakage here and there and very well used. You can see the marks from the hot rocks to heat up the food. Elaine Emerson

Title: 
Coiled basket
Protocol: 
Colville Community Public Access
Community: 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Keywords: 
basket, cooking basket
Contributor: 
Elaine Emerson
Identifier: 
MAC_11968_COL