Basket Item Number: 2785/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular basket (a) with lid (b). Handle straps consist of two off-white strips of skin, spliced at each end, looped through the bark weave of each long sides and knotted. Four horizontal bands of lighter yellow bark and large diamond patterns of red and brown are woven into the four sides and red and brown rectangles decorate the lid.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Peter Roaf before February 5, 2010
- Received from Peter Roaf (Donor) on February 5, 2010
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 2785/2 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar bark, skin and dye
- Overall
- height 17.0 cm, width 39.0 cm, depth 25.0 cm
- Part A
- height 16.0 cm, width 39.0 cm, depth 25.0 cm
- Part B
- height 3.0 cm, width 39.0 cm, depth 23.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Peter Roaf
- Received from
- Peter Roaf (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 5, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on February 5, 2010
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2785/0002 a-b