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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10384536, member: 8267&quot;]Covering bottles with basketry was a common technique in the northwest region. The material used on your bottle, particularly as it appears on the rim, looks like raffia. In the early 20th century some of the groups in western Washington such as the Quinault, Chehalis and Skokomish began to use imported raffia in their baskets, so this may be an example of such. This article describes Chehalis weavers adopting raffia, and weaving &quot;more plain twine baskets with simple banded designs&quot; - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://arthurwerickson.com/pages/baskets-of-western-washington?srsltid=AfmBOopHeb_dWsASYsJvJYHISta6oIwO6ak8CzWDDZGZkHq_0nL3I6o3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://arthurwerickson.com/pages/baskets-of-western-washington?srsltid=AfmBOopHeb_dWsASYsJvJYHISta6oIwO6ak8CzWDDZGZkHq_0nL3I6o3" rel="nofollow">https://arthurwerickson.com/pages/baskets-of-western-washington?srsltid=AfmBOopHeb_dWsASYsJvJYHISta6oIwO6ak8CzWDDZGZkHq_0nL3I6o3</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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