Trunk Basket | Basketry Chest

The Burke: University of Washington

2005-21/2

Late 1800s; Judge Wickersham Collection


  • Type of Item trunk basket, basketry chest
  • Culture Coast Salish
  • Material cedar root, cedar bark, bear grass, horsetail
  • Manufacturing Technique coiled, imbricated, beaded, plaited
  • Measurements length 12.5 in, height 4.0 in, width 5.7 in (overall)

  • Received from John A. Putnam



  • Motif Geometric | Diamond | Human Figure
  • Collection Burke Museum Ethnology Collection