This basket was possibly made by Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) to deliver clams and other materials to Seattle customers. Kikisoblu (ca. 1820-1896) was the daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott required all Duwamish people leave Seattle to live on reservations, but Kikisoblu remained in a cabin on the waterfront. She earned a living doing laundry and making baskets like this one. She had friends among Seattle’s founding families and Catherine Maynard began calling her “Princess Angeline” because she felt the name better fitted her status as the daughter of a chief. This basket was given by a great-granddaughter of Mrs. Granville Haller who lived on First Hill and told the family that “Princess Angeline” would come to the back door and sell or trade clams using this basket.