FOUR WEST COAST POLYCHROME COILED STORAGE BASKETS
FOUR WEST COAST POLYCHROME COILED STORAGE BASKETS

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FOUR WEST COAST POLYCHROME COILED STORAGE BASKETS
Each woven in cedar root, decorated with imbrication on the exterior in cherry bark, bear grass and cedar root skin, the first, a Thompson River knitting basket, of cylindrical form, the pattern composed of a terraced zig zag design, surmounted by a lid with a foliate design; the second, Lower Mainland, of cylindrical form, the pattern composed of a terraced zig zag design; the third, Thompson River of elongated rectangular form, the pattern composed of stepped zig zag design, surmounted by a lid with cross motifs and handles at each end; the fourth, Lower Mainland of octangonal form, the pattern composed of terraced diamonds alternating with lattice motifs, surmounted by a lid with similar designs, handles at each end
Ranging in size from: 9 to 15in. (22.8 to 40cm.) diameteri (4)

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