Basket Item Number: A492 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket woven with two strand twined weaving with alternate twined and twisted rows near the top and more complex top border. Six evenly-spaced darker black dye bands woven in. Top rim has several sections of missing material.
Narrative
This spruce-root cylindrical basket appears to be of Haida origin, but the collector (pre-1932) had tagged it as having been collected in Alert Bay. The basket may have been mislabelled by the collector, or it might have ended up in a Kwakwaka'wakw community through trade or intermarriage.
Item History
- Made in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ? during 1900
- Collected in 'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada during 1900
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A492
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined
- Overall
- height 38.7 cm, diameter 34.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
- Previous Owner
- Alfred J. Buttimer and Margaret L. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- 'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1900
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2003/0015