Basket Item Number: A6252 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cedar root basket with wrapped twined openwork weaving with a warp top circumference, tapered construction. Handle is braided cedar bark at both ends with a plaited design in the middle. There is a piece of rope tied near the top. Tapered construction with no distinct base.
History Of Use
Carrying basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Mary George before October 16, 1953
- Received from Mary George (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on October 16, 1953
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A6252
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- fibre, cedar bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- braided, plaited and openwork
- Overall
- height 33.0 cm, diameter 33.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Mary George
- Received from
- Mary George (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before October 16, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on October 16, 1953
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 39
- Accession Number
- 1940/0010