Carrying And Packing Basket Item Number: E210327-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Made of inner bark of red cedar, bottom in checkerwork, body in open wicker work in which the warps are crossed backward and forward between the pairs of wefts." From Emmons tag with the artifact: "Kwakiutl basket East + Nor West Coast of Vancouver Id, made of red cedar inner bark, used to carry + keep small pieces of clothes +c in." Tag also indicates this was given Conservation Lab number C351 at one time.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in British Columbia, Canada
- Received on June 12, 1901
What
- Name
- Carrying And Packing Basket
- Identification Number
- E210327-0
- Type of Item
- basket
Who
- Culture
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on June 12, 1901
Other
- Accession Number
- 038082