Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Gift of Mrs. Richard Nunn and Lucy Trevett.

Gift of Mrs. Richard Nunn and Lucy Trevett.

Large woven tray with wide flat base. Decorated with a geometric star with a solid circle surrounded by zig zags in it's centre. Sides have repeating pattern of long zig zags and gridded squares. Outside is darker then inside.

Woven basket. Wide circular opening curves down to a flat circular base. Base decorated with an imbricated many-pointed two-level star capped by a circle. Solid imbricated band broken by a light and dark zigzag pattern rings the upper part of basket. Six patches of alternating light and dark coils spaced around rim.

Small squat woven basket. Wide mouth curves out slightly before tapering to flat circular base. Base is decorated with a large imbricated star. Body decorated with three pairs of imbricated diamonds and half diamonds.

Woven basket with high walls and wide mouth. Imbricated designs consist of two pairs and a single ring circling the basket at the rim, midpoint, and above base. Rim and base are woven with alternating light brown and golden brown strands. Ends of basket's frame poke out around rim.

Large woven urn shaped basket. Short narrow neck opens out to a large round body, that then tapers to a flat round base. Two loops placed on the same side of basket form small handles. A fibre loop is tied around one handle.