Basket Item Number: Na696 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 together with birch root (?). Hoop-branch to strengthen rim is lashed down with thin strips of root (?). Two skin ties are looped through the top of the basket on one side.
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
- Na696
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, birch root ? and skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, folded and lashed
- Overall
- height 19.8 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 18.0 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
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 30
- Accession Number
- 0107/0086