Basket Item Number: A16089 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small rounded basket (part a) with a lid (part b). The basket (part a) bulges around the middle. Has plain twined weaving with crossed warp open-work twined weaving ("eye-hole") and twined and wicker weave at the top. Overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery) is on the cover (part b) and the basket (part a). Black twined weave areas around the middle of the basket (part a) has six upward pointing black triangles in a horizontal row in false embroidery, which (Emmons' Tlingit Basketry, p. 270, calls "half of head of salmon-berry"), while the lid (part b) has five downward pointing black triangles. Construction of the cover (part b) is very intricate.
Item History
- Made in North America
- Owned by Ruth Humphrey before May 28, 1968
- Received from Ruth Humphrey (Donor) on May 28, 1968
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A16089 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- fern root ?, swamp grass ?, grass and spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, checkerwork and false embroidered
- Overall
- height 11.9 cm, diameter 9.2 cm
- Part A
- height 8.9 cm, diameter 9.2 cm
- Part B
- height 4.5 cm, diameter 6.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Previous Owner
- Ruth Humphrey
- Received from
- Ruth Humphrey (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North America
When
- Ownership Date
- before May 28, 1968
- Acquisition Date
- on May 28, 1968
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1517/0001 a-b