Start of a three-rod coiled basket. Foundation and sewing thread of willow.
Coiled baskets are started in what will become the basket’s center. They can have any number of warp rods of bunchgrass for a foundation, but most often will have a single-rod or a three-rod foundation. These two coiled basket starts illustrate a three-rod (left) and single-rod (right) foundation.
Willow. L 36.3, Dia 3.2 cm
Yosemite National Park, YOSE 6504
