Basket Item Number: A2384 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Open, oval-shaped woven basket with multicoloured bands of geometric patterning around the sides. Bottom to top: one row of turquoise/orange, two purple, two yellow, two mauve, two yellow; one row of purple triangles; central band of purple zigzags on orange ground bordered by purple; upper row of continuous purple triangles (vertex down). Wrapped twined work with overcast rim; design elements woven in.
Narrative
Collected by Henry Castillou from 1910 to 1965.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2384
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- aniline dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined
- Overall
- height 8.0 cm, width 16.0 cm, depth 12.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast ?
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0107/0010