Basketry Item Number: A6776 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Corked glass bottle covered with a woven grass sleeve. Design: two intertwined bands of green and red, four whale figures in purple with yellow and red eyes, and two canoes in red.
Narrative
The donor said the objects in his donation should be known as the Hillyard Mitchell collection. Mitchell (1852-1923) spent much of his working life in the Northwest Territories, later moving to Victoria, B.C. The donor also said the collection came from his grandfather, F. Carson, who had gone to Saskatchewan in 1861 as a boy of 15, and stayed until 1918. He was a fur trader and trapper, working mainly amongst the Cree, and was recorded having been at Duck Lake and Prince Albert, Sask. It is now uncertain which objects were collected by Mitchell vs collected by F. Carson.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada before 1920
- Collected between 1861 and 1918
- Owned by F. Carson
- Owned by Hillyard Mitchell before 1923
- Owned by F. S. Carson before October 28, 1957
- Received from F. S. Carson (Donor) on October 28, 1957
What
- Name
- Basketry
- Identification Number
- A6776
- Type of Item
- basketry
- Material
- swamp grass, glass, aniline dye and cork bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed and twined
- Overall
- height 30.5 cm, diameter 7.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- F. Carson, Hillyard Mitchell and F. S. Carson
- Received from
- F. S. Carson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1920
- Collection Date
- between 1861 and 1918
- Ownership Date
- before 1923 and before October 28, 1957
- Acquisition Date
- on October 28, 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 8
- Accession Number
- 2081/0009