Large and Beautiful Canadian Salish Basket Achumawi The side with the three

The side with the three panels originally had black wool woven vertical bands outlining the panels and red narrow single strand wool lines crisscrossing the area within the panels and intersecting the greenish wool lines

Please note that there is a small

This is a well used classic Wasco sally bag with sturgeons and people woven in green or brown wool

each colored by him and printed one after another on a single piece of paper

200BC-200AD

Large and Beautiful Canadian Salish Basket Achumawi The side with the threeIf you are only going to own one Canadian Salish basket, this clearly would be a great choice. It has size, a compelling design and a unique form. The design is composed of five horizontal bands of large downward facing mahogany triangles staggered to make a diamond pattern which cover the whole basket. The lid is flat with a braided rim and a one inch hole in the middle and the design of mahogany colored triangles continue on the lid. The basket is