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Basket – Salish

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This basket, made by Salish women from the Fraser and Thompson River area of British Columbia, is made of cedar roots sewn together over slats. The chequered design on the side is created with strips of cherry bark. This basketry technique known as beading creates rows of alternately exposed and concealed stitches on the basket wall.

Unknown
split cedar root, cedar wood slats, cherry bark, natural dyes
9.5 cm (w) x 6.8 cm (h) x 14.5 cm (l)
Early – Mid 20th Century
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C2 Centre for Craft is located on Treaty 1 Territory and the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.

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