Basket Item Number: A479 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, basket with alternating wide plaited and thin twined weft. Rim has darker bark coiled and knotted around it. Twined weft may have once been red.
Item History
- Made in Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A479
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar bark
- Overall
- height 14.4 cm, width 31.4 cm, depth 26.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Previous Owner
- Margaret L. Buttimer and Alfred J. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Masset, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2003/0003