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Coiled basket tray with willow and devil's claw with geometric designs
Unknown
Coiled basket tray with willow and devil's claw with geometric designs
Unknown
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Coiled basket bowl with geometric designs / Unknown

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This basket is not Mescalero Apache or made of yucca. This basket is Coast Salish. It's an embrocated basket with diamond patterns and an oval, flat coiled base. Embrocation is the weaving technique that is tied up looking like stacked bricks.

Tags: coiled basket bowl, flat bottom, devil's claw, willow, geometric designs
People: Coast Salish, Northwest Coast
Places: Washington, British Columbia
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Coiled basket bowl with geometric designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Salish (artist and user)
Date: 
early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, yucca, devil's claw
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.354
Previous Number(s): 
7136.354; 10981
Department: 
Anthropology
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