Basket Item Number: A8998 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven spruce root basket; base is mixed twined work. Sides are plain twined with twilled border and braided rim. Design created by dyed weft strands. Four horizontal bands (six rows wide) with colours alternating with every warp strand, creating purple and red vertical stripes on a horizontal band. Twilled diamond pattern on border. Two rows of purple weft on base.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Owned by Mrs. Johnson
- Owned by Mrs. W. C. Woodward before December 1951
- Received from Mrs. W. C. Woodward (Donor) during December 1951
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A8998
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye and spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and twilled
- Overall
- height 5.625 in, diameter 5.625 in
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast ?
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. W. C. Woodward
- Received from
- Mrs. W. C. Woodward (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during December 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2155/0017