Basketry Item Number: A128 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Bottle covered with a fitted woven swamp grass sleeve (a) and cap (b); decorated with compound bands of linear patterning around sides and cap in green, purple and yellow. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides and cap: wrapped twined weave.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada before 1927
- Collected between 1920 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Basketry
- Identification Number
- A128
- Type of Item
- basketry
- Material
- aniline dye, cedar bark, swamp grass and glass
- Manufacturing Technique
- checkerwork and wrapped twined
- Overall
- height 21.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 4.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/0167