Basket Item Number: 2904/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Brown birch bark basket with rectangular base, rounded sides and ovular rim. Bark is bent, cut and laced at two sides with thin strips of root(?); rim is also wound with root(?). Front and back of basket have scratched decorative leaf motifs in light brown.

Narrative

Place of origin uncertain, but possibly from the Gitxsan-Wet'suwet'en area?