Basket Item Number: A8799 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rounded, urn-shaped grass basket with encircling bands of multicoloured geometric and linear patterning.
Item History
- Made in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned before 1953
- Received from Unknown (Donor) during 1953
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A8799
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, swamp grass and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined
- Overall
- height 4.0 in, width 6.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- “Unknown” ?
- Received from
- Unknown (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during 1953
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2118/0003