7. Swamp Grass & Raffia Abalone Shell Nuu-chah-nulth

The swamp grass is natural, orange, green, blue, and purple.

Small rounded basket (part a) with a lid (part b). The basket (part a) bulges around the middle. Has plain twined weaving with crossed warp open-work twined weaving ("eye-hole") and twined and wicker weave at the top. Overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery) is on the cover (part b) and the basket (part a). Black twined weave areas around the middle of the basket (part a) has six upward pointing black triangles in a horizontal row in false embroidery, which (Emmons' Tlingit Basketry, p. 270, calls "half of head of salmon-berry"), while the lid (part b) has five downward pointing black triangles. Construction of the cover (part b) is very intricate.

Small, square swamp grass basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); lid features a central button type handle. Basket and lid are decorated with multicoloured, encircling bands of linear patterning in red, green, yellow and purple. Base: checker work. Sides: wrapped twined weave with folded warp border (lid done in four sections).

A short, cylindrical woven basket (a) with lid (b). Base with large central plaited area; plain twined weaving over wide warp strands; sides and lid are twisted, twined work. Upper and lower bands of black, orange, black, plain, black. Central ribbon of yellow wide slanted diagonals on red ground, bordered by yellow and red stripes. Shoulder has thin stripes of blue and purple. Lid has central black sunburst with a ribbon of yellow wide slanted diagonals on orange ground, and thin stripes of black and orange.

Square swamp grass basket (a) with a square lid (b). Multicoloured linear patterning around the sides and lid: black, green, orange, and pink.

Rectangular mat. The mat is woven with natural-coloured strands forming narrow lengthwise bands. The ends are trimmed on the long sides of the mat creating a short fringe.

Woven circular mat. Oval figure at the centre with toothed edge in blue and orange filler to round it out. Second concentric band is green surrounded by orange and blue. Third band is blue surrounded by red and purple. Outer edge rim is blue.