Basketry Item Number: A8860 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Swamp grass covered glass jar. Plain bands of colour top and bottom with two interior bands of green twined with red. Inside this are a row of purple birds along the top, a row of purple whales in the centre, and a row of alternating two-man canoes (one of which has line to whale) and ducks along the bottom.
Narrative
Collected by hunter c. Lewis.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1949
- Owned by Hunter C. Lewis and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis before June 1965
- Received from Hunter C. Lewis (Donor) and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis (Donor) during June 1965
What
- Name
- Basketry
- Identification Number
- A8860
- Type of Item
- basketry
- Material
- glass, swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined
- Overall
- height 13.0 cm, diameter 7.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Hunter C. Lewis and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis
- Received from
- Hunter C. Lewis (Donor) and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1949
- Ownership Date
- before June 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 9
- Accession Number
- 0131/0008