Basket Item Number: 1924.688 A-C from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
A) Small circular basket decorated with two narrow lines of green and another of purple.
B) Circular basket in process of making, decorated with yellow and purple lines.
C) Grass from which baskets are made. This is missing 021993 (G.Crowther).; Good
Context
Although the catalogue card states these baskets are Almost certainly Bella Coola the style suggests Westcoast or Nuu-Chah- Nulth, or Makah (G.Crowther). The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Exhibited: A). This basket was on display in the old anthropological collections at CUMAA, case 36, dismantled 081986.
'1924.688 A and B are wrapped twine baskets of a kind much more commonly
made by Nuu-Chah-Nulth (old ethnographic term: Nootkan) people of the west
coast of Vancouver Island. Nuu-Chah-Nulth women traveled extensively, and
sold baskets at canneries and on local steamships. It' s not uncommon to
find baskets that have been collected in localities apart from the west
coast of Vancouver Island. On the other hand, I have never seen any
indication that Nuxalk women made wrapped twine basketry at that time, or
even now. Andrea Laforet, Director, Ethnology and Cultural Studies, Canadian Museum of Civilisation, 29/11/2004.'
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Dr. A.C. Haddon during 1924
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 1924.688 A-C
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- bark, cedar wood and grass
Who
- Culture
- Nuxalk ?, Nuu-chah-nulth ? or Makah ?
- 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; Manufacturing Processes; Raw Materials; Tourist Objects