Basket
Item number A7219 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in dyed spruce root and dyed grass. Various twined weaves - base is mixed twined weave (plain twining alternating with wicker weave). Sides are plain twined with wide twilled border. Grass is embroidered on, the handle is overcast. The horizontal coloured design is bound by purple spruce lines. Orange shapes are staggered, then another purple band. These shapes create a band of purple "S's", then there is another band of purple, orange and the purple again. The rim has a twilled chevron pattern.
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
- A7219
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass, dye and spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, embroidered and dyed
- Overall
- height 18.2 cm, diameter 24.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North America
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)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1873 and 1922
- Ownership Date
- before February 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0020/0180
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