COAST SALISH BASKETS

Basket
1941.0078.000001
Burden basket made of cherry bark and cedar root with a woven carrying strap or trumpline. Attributed to Spuzzum people near Thompson River.... View Full Record
Basket
1969.0031.000003
Salish burden basket, coiled with imbrication and beading in xerophyllum tenax. Natural color and wild cherry bark. Thongs attached at corners for attaching tumpline for carrying loads. Oblong shape.... View Full Record
Basket
1941.0031.000001
Interior Salish basket, imbricated design, said to be Thompson River.... View Full Record
Basket
1969.0031.000002
Rectangular Salish basket, coiled. Imbricated design of cherry bark with cedar bark base. Design is used by Thompson River Indians, B.C.... View Full Record
Basket
1975.0016.000001
Salish basket, rectangular with flaring sides. Coiled of cedar root with upper two-thirds imbricated with designs on each side. Design in xerophyllum tenax and wild cherry bark. Thongs for carrying cords.... View Full Record
Basket
1975.0038.000001
Salish burden basket. The imbrication consists of isosceles triangles standing on their apices, outlined in black. Thongs for the carrying tumpline are attached.... View Full Record
Basket
1971.0064.000007
Basket, Salish. Coiled cedar root, imbricated with dyed cherry bark (black) and xerophyllum tenax. Top three rows use beading with grass between imbrication.... View Full Record
Basket
1953.0025.000004
Cooking basket made from bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) and cedar root imbrication. Attributed to the Salish.... View Full Record
Basket
1975.0016.000003
Coiled imbricated burden basket with thong loops. Large well executed design fills the upper two-thirds of the basket. Probably from Lilloet or northward. Salish. Cedar root, cherry bark, bear grass, buckskin loops.... View Full Record
Basket
2002.0029.000011
Salish rectangular coiled basket with sloping sides. Cedar root with natural and dyed beargrass. Interior is one color of light brown. Exterior has a brown background with staggered black and tan on the top half. A thin leather strap in a small l... View Full Record
Basket
1971.0098.000075
Rectangular berry basket. Coiling done with giant cedar (Thuja plicata), imbrication with xenophyllum tenax. Design - top half of basket has two rows of lines that zigzag in a square design. Bottom half has strips of material that are imbricated. Bas... View Full Record
Basket
1971.0064.000002
Basket, Salish. Coiled cedar root, imbricated with natural grass, dyed black cherry bark and natural cherry bark.... View Full Record
Basket
2002.0029.000018
Rectangular Salish clam style basket with an open weave and no ornamentation or handles. Wrapped twined cedar bark and root.... View Full Record
Basket
2002.0029.000014
Salish clam style basket. Wrapped twined cedar bark and root. Rectangular opening tapers to join together at a 2" long base. Natural dark brown with no decorations. A separate band runs along three of the sides around an inch from the opening edg... View Full Record
Basket
1949.0047.000024
Clam basket with handle made of willow (Salix) with twined bands about 1 inch apart. Attributed to Salish.... View Full Record
Basket
2004.0060.000001
Large storage basket with lid. Coiled cedar over cedar slats with imbrication in black, red, and yellow in an alternating geometric design that creates vertical stripeds. The sides have a taper, with the top larger than the bottom. At the top the... View Full Record
Basket
1970.0070.000025 abcd
Salish coiled cedar root picnic hamper (a) with lid (b) and handles (c,d). Imbricated pattern in shades of brown and red cherry bark.... View Full Record
Basket
2006.0089.000001
Retangular Salish basket with lid, flaring sides. Imbrication in red, black and white on natural cedar-colored background of elongated star shapes. Each made from 6 isosceles triangles. 3 stars on top od lid and long sides of basket. 2 on short sides... View Full Record
Basket
1971.0046.000005 ab
Salish coiled basket with cover in spruce root. Border single-strand plaited. Decoration with beading in grass, and dyed in natural cherry bark.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000010 ab
Fraser River, Native American basket with lid, rectangular. Split stitch coiling over strips of wood. Decoration in red, white and black imbrication in a V-shape.... View Full Record
Basket
1971.0098.000064 ab
Fraser River (Salish) B.C. rectangular basket with cover. Coil work done with cedar root (thuja placata), imbrication using xerophyllum tenax. On bottom of basket there is a coil which is zigzag to form foot. Design - 12 vertical bands using triangl... View Full Record
Basket
1968.0025.000002 ab
Covered storage basket, coiled with imbricated design of strips of wild cherry bark and bear grass (Xerophyllum tenx). Base over bundles in split cedar bark or root. Attributed to Lummi.... View Full Record
Basket
1970.0077.000001 ab
Salish basket with cover, carrying handles, and handle on cover. Coiled cedar root, decoration of imbrication on the cover in dyed and natural cherry bark and basket grass. Basket is imbricated with red cherry bark. Handles on basket are fastened wi... View Full Record
Basket
1970.0070.000024 ab
Salish coiled cedar root basket with handles and lid. Braided edge on lid. Overlaid patterns in red and black bark.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000074 ab
Salish Native American rectangular lidded basket with wrapped twig handles. The basket is coiled slats with a plaited rim and lid is coiled salt also. False embroidered decoration of bear grass and cherry are on the lid and basket. The white bear gra... View Full Record
Basket
1970.0070.000027
Salish coiled spruce root basket with two handles. Overlaid designs, white grass and red and black cherry bark.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000016
Fraser River Salish Native American basket. Two rectangular compartments with handle on the middle dividing section. Coiled slat technique with the entire outer edge covered with imbrication in brown, red and black. The red and black are cherry.... View Full Record
Basket
1968.0079.000014
Interior Salish rectangular basket with two thong straps. Coiled basket with imbricated cherry bark design. Principal material is cedar root.... View Full Record
Basket
1968.0106.000033
Basket, possible Salish from B.C. Cedar bark checker work with beading of xeophyllum tenax. Basket is finished with single strand plaited border. Soft, not rigid as many baskets. Handles of leather thong.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000090
Basket, Puget Sound Salish Native American, large, round, split interlocking stitches, oval coiled start and false braid coiled rim finish. Made of cedar or spruce bark or roots. Diamond pattern all over in brown, center space of diamond filled in wi... View Full Record
Basket
1994.0003.000089
Salish coiled basket, light brown with a dark brown, reddish brown and cream diamond design going around the basket. Two diamond designs on front and back and one on either side. There is a small triangular opening at the front and back where the han... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000045
Salish, possible Klickitat Native American handbag, coiled cedar root with imbrication, plaited edging. The ornamentation is cherry, alternating dark and light rows of triangles.... View Full Record
Basket
1973.0076.000002
Salish oval basket. British Columbia. Coiled with giant cedar (thuja plicata). Overlaying done with xerophyllum tenax and willow bark (salix). Coils along top edge are intertwined and raised in places to form open spaces and handle. Chevron type desi... View Full Record
Basket
2002.0029.000005
Salish rectangular tray basket with a undulating coil accent along the rim. Coiled cedar root on cedar wood slats. Wild cherry bark and beargrass imbrication. Weave is vertical parallel lines in medium brown color with horizontal alternating imbr... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000083
Salish Native American "cracker" basket. Small rectangular basket with the top edge of intwined fibers. Decorated with both false emboidery and imbrication in cherry and beargrass.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000024
Basket, Salish Native American. Oval, split twining over bundle coils with imbrication covering almost the entire basket. The top rim is looped. The decoration is probably all beargrass, some white, some dyed purple and orange in geometric crosses an... View Full Record
Basket
1971.0098.000066
Basket from southwestern Wash. Deep, round and stiff with rounded bottom. Beginning stitches in diagonal twined weaving over two warps. Body of basket in plain twined weaving. Dark brown weft and warp of cedar (Thuja plicata). Overlay design of yello... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000062
Salish Native American basket. Cedar bark or root. Plain brown, two lighter bands around the middle and two small handles at the top. Plain closed twining, faded design.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000033
Salish Native American basket. Flat coil of cedar root with imbrication. Bundled coils with some imbrication of black, red and white. The top is coiled, over bundles of twigs or other material, in an intricate plaited fashion.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000052
Salish Native American basket, rectangular. Coiled with splittwining and almost fully covered with imbrication of probablybeargrass and cherry. There is a geometric design on both sides and a larger version on the ends.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000061
Salish Native American basket, rectangular, oval with four leather handles. Split bundle coil with imbricated overlay incherry. The top is plated.... View Full Record
Basket
1968.0079.000016
Round Salish basket, upper Fraser River. Ceadar root with imbricated cherry bark design. Pedestal base. Coiled - may have been a cooking basket. Reinforced double bottom with hole in bottom. Layer of bottom possibly replacement.... View Full Record
Basket
1970.0070.000038
Salish coiled spruce root round utility basket with red, white, and black cherry bark and grass overlaid design. Braided edging.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000028
Basket, Salish Native American. Coiled cedar root with bear grass. Split twining, coiled, fully imbricated. Pattern appears in two rows around the entire basket.... View Full Record
Basket
1970.0121.000001 ab
Salish basket, round with cover, from Lytton, B.C. Coiled cedar root imbricated of xerophyllum tenax, natural and blackdyed cherry bark. Resembles jar with cover.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000037 ab
Salish Native American basket with lid. Coiled cedar root with black cherry bark and white beargrass imbrication in a diamond shaped design on the body of the basket and half diamonds on the lid. The lid has a coiled knob.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000012 ab
Fraser River Salish Native American basket. Large round lidded basket. The lid is coiled over bunched grasses and the bottom is coiled slats. There is a triangular pattern in imbrication, red, black and white, of bear grass and cherry bark on the sid... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000020 ab
Fraser River Native American basket. Round lidded basket, split coiled over bundled fibers. A zigzag imbrication pattern around basket and 1/2 diamond shaped on the lid which also has a coiled knob. The design is red, white and black beargrass, dark... View Full Record
Basket
1968.0006.000002 ab
Salish basket with cover. Thompson River style. Round with flat bottom. Cedar bark with cherry and fern root bark imbrication, in cross-shaped geometric design.... View Full Record
Basket
1968.0079.000013 ab
Interior Salish square sewing basket. Leather handles on cover. Coiled basket with imbricated design of cherry bark. Main material, cedar root. In very good condition.... View Full Record
Tray
1971.0046.000006
Salish coiled tray with raised border. Basic material is cedar root. Decoration by imprication of cherry bark dyed black, natural red, and xerophllum tenax. The border is open coiled work, the foundation is wrapped, bent in a regular sinous patter... View Full Record
Basket
1971.0064.000003
Basket, tray. Salish. Raised edge and end handles. Coiled cedar root with imbrication of xerophyllum tenax, natural cherry bark, also black dyed cherry bark. Beading in red cherry bark around outside top edge.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000092
Basket tray, Thompson River Salish Native American, round with two handles. Splint foundation coiling, with imbrication in red, black and white on basket bottom, and weaving in and out around outside edge. The decoration is a star or flower shape.... View Full Record
Tray
1970.0070.000032
Salish coiled cedar root tray with handles. Imbricated pattern in red and black cherry bark with 6 pointed stars in desing. Braided edge. Round in shape.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000054
Cedar slat cradle basket with split stitch coiling. Both false embroidery and imbrication used to decorate the exterior in brown, red cherry bark and white bear grass. Fabric sewn inside. Attributed to B.C. Salish Native American.... View Full Record
Basket
1992.0007.000043
Fraser River Salish Native American Victorian style pedestal basket. Fancy imbricated design on coiled split stitches. The white imbrication is beargrass, the red and black is probably cherry. Made for trade.... View Full Record
Basket
1968.0024.000171
Salish fishing creel. Coiled cedar root. Black cherry bark and grass imbrication. Leather straps with metal buckles with heavy canvas shoulder straps. Made for trade.... View Full Record
Basket
1969.0031.000001 ab
Salish fishing creel. Coiled cedar bark with imbricated cherry bark design. Cover is tied on with green satin ribbon. Design is in four bands around bottom part. Made for sale.... View Full Record
Basket
2009.0101.000001
Berry basket of brown cedar root, Alaskan yellow cedar, and cherry root. Has a tumpline of braided white/blue yarn attached to the basket with cedar. Created by Fran James (Lummi) in the mid-1980s,
Body of basket is red... View Full Record
Basket
2009.0101.000002
Native American Coast Salish Clam Basket, created by Bill James in the mid-1980s, weaved together with brown cedar root, has handle, and is light brown in color. Open work, straight warp with twisted wefts about 1" apart in some areas, and up to 2"... View Full Record