Basket Item Number: 3074/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round basket with imbricated decoration and cotton thread embellishment. Basket is wide at middle, inclining to a smaller base and mouth. Construction is a small, tight coil with tight, even redbud root wrapping. The imbricated decoration is in patterns of stepped triangles. Light cotton thread has been sewn at the lip in several sets of two long stitches, with a single zigzag pattern amongst them.
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
- 3074/5
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- redbud root ?, willow root, acorn dye and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 9.8 cm, diameter 15.5 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
- 3074/0005