Basket Item Number: 3074/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round basket with imbricated design. Basket is somewhat squat, with a wide belly narrowing to a slightly narrower lip. Construction is redbud ? root wrapped on a willow understructure. The basket is decorated with acorn dyed imbrication in diagonal lines of diamond shapes.
Narrative
Originally owned by the donor's late husband's grandmother, Eleanor Caldwell Browne. She taught at a government Indian school in Indian Valley, near Greenville, Plumas County, California, from 1897-99. It is thought that the baskets were a gift to her during that time.
Item History
- Made in California, USA between 1850 and 1900
- Owned by Eleanor Caldwell Browne before 1947
- Owned by Claudine B. Nelson before September 18, 2014
- Received from Claudine B. Nelson (Donor) on September 18, 2014
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 3074/3
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- redbud root ?, willow root and acorn dye
- Overall
- height 9.0 cm, diameter 18.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maidu
- Previous Owner
- Eleanor Caldwell Browne and Claudine B. Nelson
- Received from
- Claudine B. Nelson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- California, USA
When
- Creation Date
- between 1850 and 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1947 and before September 18, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on September 18, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3074/0003