Basket Item Number: 1924.677 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Bucket shaped cedar bark basket with a square base and jagged rim.; Good
Context
Identified as Kwakiutl by George Heye of the Heye Museum of the American Indian, New York. The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; The light colour of the basket suggests it was not used (G.Crowther).; Exhibited: Old anthropological displays at CUMAA, dismantled 081986.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Dr. A.C. Haddon during 1924
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 1924.677
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- bark and cedar wood
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw ?
- Received from
- Dr. A.C. Haddon
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1924
Other
- Keyword
- Basketry; Containers; Food Gathering