Basket Item Number: Nb11.259 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Square-bottomed basket with rounded corners and flaring sides. Bottom checker work and warp in cedar; undyed areas of body, bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Dyed areas are grass. Bands of various colours with rectangular motif in middle. Interior shows original colours, including turquoise, yellow, brown and black.
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
- Nb11.259
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- bear grass, swamp grass ?, aniline dye and cedar bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- checkerwork, twined and wrapped twined
- Overall
- height 10.5 cm, width 14.5 cm, depth 16.0 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
- 0351/0016