Basket Item Number: D3.152 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Square, brown, woven, pouch-like basket (part a) with rounded edges and a square, hatch-like lid in (part b) its centre. Lid has a woven handle and is tied shut with ribbon laced through two loops, one on the lid and one on the basket. Decorative bands of grass are woven from each of the corners to the edge of the lid.
History Of Use
Commonly refered to as a handkerchief basket or "box." These baskets were also made by the Abenaki of Odanak, near Trois-Rivières in Quebec. They were dyed in tones of brown or a red-wine colour and were produced in great quantities. Many were sold to wholesalers and to tourist craft shops throughout the northeast, and especially to shops in Niagara Falls in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Item History
- Made in Maine, USA before 1912
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D3.152 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- ash wood ?, grass and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- wickerwork
- Overall
- height 4.7 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 23.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Panawahpskek
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Maine, USA
When
- Creation Date
- before 1912
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2004/0172 a-b