Basket Item Number: 648/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Bag-like basket with triangular flap top lid. Weave is of wide strips of bark; some visible squares of weave have coloured fabric squares sewn to them; two strips of felt - one red, one blue - are included in the weave that runs parallel to the diagonal edges of the top of the bag and the flap; a knotted rope is attached to the centre of the tip of the flap and wraps around a flat stick with rounded ends as a closure method.
Narrative
Leah Bowe thought this basket was more likely to be either Russian, Estonian or Finnish in origin?
Item History
- Made in Canada
- Owned by Maple Ridge Museum before August 13, 1980
- Received from Maple Ridge Museum (Donor) on August 13, 1980
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 648/1
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, wool fibre ?, dye and fibre
- Overall
- height 13.7 cm, width 43.5 cm, depth 16.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Eastern Woodlands ?
- Previous Owner
- Maple Ridge Museum
- Received from
- Maple Ridge Museum (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 13, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on August 13, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 45
- Accession Number
- 0648/0001