Basket Item Number: Na695 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; two decorative bands of black mark the ends.
Cultural Context
storage
Item History
- Made in Canada
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Na695
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch root ?, dye and birch bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, cut, folded and lashed
- Overall
- height 6.0 cm, width 11.2 cm, depth 9.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Dene
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 0107/0087