Three Salish polychrome lidded baskets
First half 20th century; Pacific Northwest
A group of coiled woven basketry items with imbricated designs, including two rectangular basketry trunks, one a large tapered box with a stepped zigzag band to body and ticking to the rim, the lid with a stepped diamond motif, and a smaller handled basket with geometric motifs and ticking bands to lid, together with a globular lidded basketry jar with imbricated diamonds motifs
3 pieces
Largest box height with lid 10 in., width 15 3/4 in., depth 10 in.; jar height with lid 5 3/4 in., diameter 6 in. approximately

Each with dust accumulation and wear commensurate with age and use. Each with a few scattered stitch losses. The largest with multiple stitch losses to lid edge and to basket rim, largest area 2 1/4 in. to one corner; the rim with a small fracture in one area. Each with scattered wear and some losses to some imbrication stitches. Each with a few scattered minor marks and shelf wear to base. The basketry jar with loose handle, detached on one side.
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