Basket Item Number: A7212 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven basket in a goblet shape. Plain twined weave with overlaid twined weave (false embroidery). Bands of alternate weft in faded blue and purple (from two strand plain twined weave) with the pattern at right repeating three times.
Item History
- Made in North America
- Collected between 1873 and 1922
- Owned by William Henry Collison and William Edwin Collison
- Owned by Joyce Collison and Muriel Budinich before February 1960
- Received from Muriel Budinich (Seller), Joyce Collison (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during February 1960
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A7212
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root, swamp grass, dye and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, embroidered and dyed
- Bottom Diameter
- diameter 13.0 cm
- Overall
- height 12.7 cm, diameter 15.9 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Previous Owner
- William Henry Collison, William Edwin Collison, Joyce Collison and Muriel Budinich
- Received from
- Muriel Budinich (Seller), Joyce Collison (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North America
When
- Collection Date
- between 1873 and 1922
- Ownership Date
- before February 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0020/0173