Basket Item Number: A7193 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in dyed spruce root and grass. Plain twined work with a button shaped handle on the lid. Sides have two horizontal bands with a "meander" pattern in natural grass colour on brown, lid has similar design. Knob handle has an embroidered swirl decoration in brown grass.
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
- A7193 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass, dye and spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, embroidered and dyed
- Part A
- height 10.6 cm, diameter 17.3 cm
- Overall
- height 11.2 cm, diameter 17.9 cm
- Part B
- height 2.0 cm, diameter 18.2 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 0020/0154 a-b