Basket Item Number: Nb7.254 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Single piece of light brown bark, brown white with cross-grain flecks on the interior. Rectangular base with v-cut sides sewn with thin strips of bark. Oval-shaped mouth is reinforced with two thin sticks sewn in place. The outside has a black pencil line on one side near the top and there is a number in pencil on the base.
Item History
- Made in Moricetown, British Columbia, Canada during 1963
- Collected during 1963
- Owned by S. J. Newcomb before October 15, 1985
- Received from S. J. Newcomb (Donor) on October 15, 1985
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nb7.254
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- wood and birch bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut and stitched
- Overall
- height 17.5 cm, width 26.3 cm, depth 17.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Wet'suwet'en
- Previous Owner
- S. J. Newcomb
- Received from
- S. J. Newcomb (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Moricetown, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1963
- Collection Date
- during 1963
- Ownership Date
- before October 15, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on October 15, 1985
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1061/0002