Unknown Clatsop Artist2022-07-162022-07-16NA 26https://hdl.handle.net/10177/19846LOWER COLUMBIA: The basket in the foreground (NA 26) is one of the few well-documented objects in Willamette's collection and one of the rarest because of its age. It was given to the Rev. J.L. Parrish, a missionary and early trustee of the University, in the early 1840s by the Clatsop Indians on the Oregon coast. Three rows of elk are topped by a row of birds believed to represent hell divers, a type of grebe. The tear in the rim allows us to better see how different decorative elements contribute to the basket's design.5" x 7.5" x 7.5"BasketrySweetgrass sedge, cattail, cedar bark, seagrass,dune grass leaf, bear grassFor use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.html