Basket, clam

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Description: 

Open twined basket purse (clam basket) of spruce root and bear grass. Exhibits classic Siletz or Tillamook features. Three bands of 2 wefts wide, twined in bear grass and mud dyed root. Though twined down to the right, decoration in bear grass is both down and up to the right. Double braided handle has openings, with vertical braids attached to rim, separated by about one inch. Maximum diameter at rim is 12.25 inches, and min of 5 inches. Diameter at base is 5.75 inches.