Basket
Item number Na1169 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Oval birch bark basket that tapers to a square base. Basket is formed from one piece of birch bark and is stitched at both ends. Reinforced wood rim is lashed to body of basket with spruce root--small segments of spruce roots are dyed red. Sides are decorated with a scraped vegetal design of four plants, with crosshatching on one end and the base left undecorated.
History Of Use
Basketry filled a vital need as containers for storage, domestic use and transportation of goods. Some had multiple uses; others were made for specific functions. After European contact baskets often used in trade and as sale items. Forms may have been altered to meet European tastes.
Cultural Context
domestic storage; transport
Specific Techniques
Birchbark was cut to size, steamed, folded and sewn at four corners. Rim is lashed with spruce root, exterior scraped to decorate.
Item History
- Made in Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada ? before 1928
- Collected during 1928
- Owned by Anne E. Copithorne before November 15, 1983
- Received from Anne E. Copithorne (Donor) on November 15, 1983
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Na1169
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root, wood, birch bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, lashed, scraped, steamed, folded, stitched and dyed
- Overall
- height 18.0 cm, width 24.3 cm, depth 20.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada ?
Who
- Culture
- Wet'suwet'en ?
- Previous Owner
- Anne E. Copithorne
- Received from
- Anne E. Copithorne (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1928
- Collection Date
- during 1928
- Ownership Date
- before November 15, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on November 15, 1983
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 30
- Accession Number
- 0906/0005
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