Basket Item Number: Nb11.251 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); lid has a small, knob-like handle in the centre. Bottom twined; body and lid are wrapped twined; reinforced cedar hoop rim. Cedar warp with outer weft in grass (xerophyllum tenax). Bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs on body of basket include thin bands of continuous rings of assorted colours and representations of people in canoes and ducks. The lid is decorated with ducks and rings of assorted colours. Exterior is faded; inside colours include; turquoise, brown, black, red, yellow and orange.
History Of Use
By the 20th century manufacture of utilitarian baskets had declined. The production of decorative baskets, made for sale, had increased markedly. These highly distinctive, finely woven, wrapped twined baskets depicted scenes, such as whaling, and covered a wide variety of commercial containers.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1928 and 1930
- Owned by Grace Whitaker before January 5, 1977
- Received from Grace Whitaker (Donor) on January 5, 1977
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nb11.251 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar bark, bear grass, aniline dye and swamp grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and wrapped twined
- Overall
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 10.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Grace Whitaker
- Received from
- Grace Whitaker (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1928 and 1930
- Ownership Date
- before January 5, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on January 5, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0351/0008