Basketry Item Number: Nb11.234 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Stout, green glass bottle covered with a twined white swamp grass sleeve (a); cork stopper with a twined cap (b). Checker work cedar bark base. Dyed swamp grass in bands as decoration: two bands of beading; whaling canoe, whale, and bird in blue.
Narrative
Collected by Henry Castillou from 1910 to 1965.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basketry
- Identification Number
- Nb11.234 a-b
- Type of Item
- basketry
- Material
- glass, cork bark, dye, cedar bark and grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, checkerwork, dyed and beaded
- Overall
- height 23.5 cm, diameter 10.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0107/0084 a-b