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Reach Museum Number	73.2.1
Title	Creel
Creator	Unknown
Contributors	Unknown
Format-Medium	Woven cedar root and cherry bark
Description	Detail view : Basket made of woven cedar bark. A strap is attached so the basket can be worn over the shoulder when fishing. There is a hole in the top of the hinged lid to insert caught fish. The creel is decoratively embellished using a method called imbrication, where strips of naturally dyed cedar, cherry bark, or grass, are woven over the stitches of the basket to form a repetitive beading pattern of natural red and black color.
Notes	Used when fishing; worn over the shoulder. Fish are inserted through the hole on the top and held in place by a small strap. Designed to function as an evaporative cooler when lined with moss and dipped into water to keep the catch chilled.
Subject	Creel, Basket, Fishing, Imbrication, Red, Black, Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, Cedar, Cedar root, Cherry, Cherry bark
Coverage	Fraser Valley : Abbotsford, BC
Type	Image
Publisher	Vancouver : University of British Columbia
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obatained from The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford: www.thereach.ca
Identifier	13

Creel

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