Basket Item Number: 3000/34 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large oblong basket. Base is rectangular, with thick walls flaring upward with a slight curve, and rounded corners. The weave overall is small and tight. Imbricated decorations have faded and decayed but suggest many vertical lines of cherry bark across the surface of the basket, with small squares of the same attached to both sides of the lines at regular intervals.
Narrative
From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Thomas Crosby before 1914
- Owned by Jane Howard and Thomas Taylor Crosby before April 17, 2013
- Received from Jane Howard (Donor) and Thomas Taylor Crosby (Donor) on April 17, 2013
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 3000/34
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- root and cherry bark
- Overall
- height 23.6 cm, width 43.5 cm, depth 32.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard and Thomas Taylor Crosby
- Received from
- Jane Howard (Donor) and Thomas Taylor Crosby (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1914 and before April 17, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 2013
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3000/0034