Basket Item Number: Nb11.333 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular carrying bag with bottom of cedar slats and crisscross grass. Plain twined weaving around base and wrapped twining around body. Patten is of a wide, encircling purple band with oblique yellow and plain sections around the middle. Two narrower purple bands with yellow oblique sections around top and bottom. Rim is partly green with red cotton thread near centre.
History Of Use
Traditionally, baskets were used for a variety of domestic purposes, but starting in the mid-19th century, most basketry goods were made as sale items to provide a source of cash income.
Cultural Context
cash economy; craft market
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada before 1916
- Collected between 1905 and 1916
- Owned by Margaret Gill
- Owned by Helen Gill before April 20, 1978
- Received from Helen Gill (Donor) on April 20, 1978
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nb11.333
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass, dye, cotton fibre and cedar bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and dyed
- Overall
- height 20.0 cm, width 30.0 cm, depth 5.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Margaret Gill and Helen Gill
- Received from
- Helen Gill (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1916
- Collection Date
- between 1905 and 1916
- Ownership Date
- before April 20, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on April 20, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0452/0021