Basket, late 19th or early 20th century, Brooklyn Museum: Arts of the Americas
Burden basket. The rim is decorated with a basketry cord attached to the main basket at intervals of approximately 2 ½ inches, creating a scalloped edge. The design is made by the imbrication technique. Below the scalloped rim is a row of wolves with their tails up, (a characteristic marker of identity) circling counterclockwise. There is a wave pattern throughout created by imbrication. There are four colors on the basket. The body of the basket is a natural warm brown color. The imbrication areas are natural light straw, natural? red, and dyed? dark brown.
Condition: good and stable; on the interior are some detached basketry fibers.
Size: 10 ¼ x 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (26 x 27 x 27 cm)
Medium: Cedar root, bark, grass, dyehttps://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/158987
Spencer Witcraft 