Basket Item Number: 1504/4 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A low cylindrical light brown woven basket (part a) with a conical lid (part b) which has a knob at the top centre. Both the basket and the lid have two horizontal rows of coloured animal, bird, and tree designs. The basket has a horizontal patterned row of alternating orange and brown-black parallelograms along the bottom. This same horizontal patterned row is also along the side of the lid and around the knob which is woven with a sunburst-like design. Colours include brown, black, yellow, red, green, and purple.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Erna Milnes before February 24, 1992
- Received from Erna Milnes (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on February 24, 1992
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 1504/4 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass, cedar bark and dye
- Overall
- height 22.0 cm, diameter 26.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Erna Milnes
- Received from
- Erna Milnes (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 24, 1992
- Acquisition Date
- on February 24, 1992
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 10
- Accession Number
- 1504/0004 a-b