Basket Item Number: Na1076 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Heart-shaped fibre bundle basket; sides created by bundled sweet grass coiled around in a continuous spiral and held together with a lashing of dark brown thread. Sides flare outward from a birch bark base decorated with a floral design of yellow and purple circles and crosses in quill work, much of which is missing. Coiling interrupted by openwork pattern formed by bundled grass stitched into one zigzag.
Item History
- Made in Canada before 1893
- Collected before 1893
- Owned by Mrs. J. A. Logan
- Owned by Mrs. H. T. Logan before June 1, 1977
- Received from Mrs. H. T. Logan (Donor) on June 1, 1977
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Na1076
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, dye, cotton fibre, sweet grass and porcupine quill
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, sewn, bundle coiled and dyed
- Overall
- height 4.0 cm, width 15.8 cm, depth 14.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ojibwa
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. J. A. Logan and Mrs. H. T. Logan
- Received from
- Mrs. H. T. Logan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1893
- Collection Date
- before 1893
- Ownership Date
- before June 1, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on June 1, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 45
- Accession Number
- 0383/0001