Lidded Basket

The Burke: University of Washington

2016-86/1

The blue is dark blue, dark purple, red, green, and yellow.


  • Type of Item lidded basket
  • Culture Nuu-chah-nulth
  • Material cedar bark, cat-tail grass, sedge grass, grass, swamp grass, dye, raffia
  • Manufacturing Technique plain plaited, twined, triple twined, wrapped twined, dyed
  • Measurements height 2.3 in, diameter 3.0 in (overall)

  • Creator Dora Dick
  • Received from Jim McGlinn, Penny Guest



  • Credit Gift of Jim McGlinn and Penny Guest
  • Motif Band | Star | Geometric | Lightning Serpent
  • Collection Burke Museum Ethnology Collection