Round, shallow basket with a loose, open weave, made of very thin strips of palm. Around the braided rim are two bent pieces of vine that are held on by strips of plant fibre.

Small oblong basket with a rounded bottom and rim and a braided handle attached to the centre of the coiled rim. The ribs of the basket appear to be made of split bamboo wrapped with raffia. The raffia is primarily in its natural colour, but there are two dark blue dyed raffia rows woven around the central area. There is a maker/sale tag attached to the handle.

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Natural rafia fibres twined and woven into a band with long two-ply twined fringe at one end is looped together end to end.

Almost square, textured cloth. Cropped woven raffia in a pattern of yellow and brown diamond shapes, with a fringe all around edges.

BULRUSH RAIN PONCHO Quileute In this typical Washington Coast poncho, the bulrush fibers swell when wet, forming a rainproof barrier. Made about 1949

A deep coiled circular basket (part a) with a lid (part b). The main design consists of alternating vertical bands of purple, red, natural, and black colours. The lid (part b) is conical with a straight inner rim which fits into the basket.

Dark orange unglazed water pot (a) sits on small basketry ring base (b). The boat-shaped vessel has a chimney-spout opening in the middle of the closed top, flanked by two raised radiant sun?, and a jagged pinched trim around the top of the rounded hull. Hanging net-like V shapes are carved into the sides below two horizontal rows of face-like circles of clay.