Carrying basket (or coiled pack basket)
about 1890
Object PlaceColumbia River area, Washington
Medium/TechniqueCoiled cedar and spruce, completely imbricated with bear grass, wild cherry bark, and horsetail or dyed cedar bark
DimensionsOverall: 31.1 x 26.4 x 26.4 cm (12 1/4 x 10 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Arthur Beale and Teri Hensick
Accession number2008.1503
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBasketry
Collections
ProvenanceJune 10, 2006, sale, Seahawk Auctions at Engineers Auditorium, Burnaby, British Columbia, lot 98, to Arthur Beale and Teri Hensick, Boston; 2008, gift of Arthur Beale and Teri Hensick to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)
about 1920
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about 1934
about 1890–1920
about 1880–1900
about 1900–10
before 1916
mid to late 19th century