Polychrome Klickitat basket by Sophie Thomas, a prominent elder and healer of the Carrier Nation, and the aunt of Neddi Jackson. From the personal collection of Marcel Olney. One he considered the best of the best. This basket is made of cedar root, bundle coils, cherry bark and cedar bark. Imbricated with beargrass and cedar bark. The imbricated weaving is most common in the Northwest by the Plateau tribes. 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Plateau - Klickitat, Native American