Basket Item Number: A3177 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Twined grass basket with lid. Decorated with ambiguous figures, perhaps flowers, in grid pattern along the sides and lid. Divided warp twined weave (also called hemstitching) with wool yarn overlay. Colours: pale blue, green, orange, red, brown.
Specific Techniques
Basket constructed using double strand twining and decorated with false embroidery or three-strand embroidery. Molly Lee notes that "it is accomplished by carrying a third strand of differently coloured material along the surface of a basket during the twining process (2002:52)."
Cultural Context
basketry; traditional art; storage
Item History
- Made in Unalaska, Alaska, USA ? during 1900
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A3177 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- sea grass and wool fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and false embroidered
- Overall
- height 24.0 cm, diameter 20.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Aleut
- Previous Owner
- Margaret L. Buttimer and Alfred J. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Unalaska, Alaska, USA ?
When
- Creation Date
- during 1900
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 48
- Accession Number
- 2003/0075 a-b