Fully Imbricated Plateau "Klickitat" Basket Photograph This is not a basket

This is not a basket for someone who seeks perfection

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The bird image is so fanciful

Forty or more years ago the original leather belt was replaced by a new subtly decorated leather belt

The beaded background is white with sky blue beadwork the dominant color

Fully Imbricated Plateau "Klickitat" Basket Photograph This is not a basketThis is a fully imbricated Plateau huckleberry berry basket which are generically called "Klickitat" baskets although they were also made by the Yakima and Warm Springs tribes. This basket was not made by a Klickitat basket maker. I think it was woven by a woman at Warm Springs. It was collected in the Madras area, which is the town closest to Warm Springs. The basket has an overall pattern of large "V's". The imbrication is even and the design is