Basket Item Number: A7201 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in dyed spruce root. Plain twined weave with embroidered design of a central band with a "meander" pattern, embroidered in grass on a brown spruce ground (green inside). Base has three bands of green checks and is concave. "Meander" pattern is repeated on lid; lid is cone-like in shape with a raised knob at its centre.
Item History
- Made in North America
- Collected between 1873 and 1922
- Owned by William Henry Collison and William Edwin Collison
- Owned by Joyce Collison and Muriel Budinich before February 1960
- Received from Muriel Budinich (Seller), Joyce Collison (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during February 1960
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A7201 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye and spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, embroidered and dyed
- Overall
- height 14.2 cm, diameter 12.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Previous Owner
- William Henry Collison, William Edwin Collison, Joyce Collison and Muriel Budinich
- Received from
- Muriel Budinich (Seller), Joyce Collison (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North America
When
- Collection Date
- between 1873 and 1922
- Ownership Date
- before February 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0020/0162 a-b