Basket Item Number: 3058/11 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small woven basket is round, sides flaring slightly toward the inset rim. Design woven into sides is of a fishing boat with three figures harpooning a whale (possibly an orca). Lid is round with short sides that fit snugly onto the basket’s rim. It is decorated with an encircling ring around the rim, and an orange and green flower pattern at top centre. The basket’s coloured designs are very faded on the outside, but bright on the interior.
Narrative
Collected by the donor's father, Alan Deacon, from a Hesquiaht weaver, while he was a wireless operator at Estevan Point in the 1940s.
Item History
- Made in Estevan Point, British Columbia, Canada during 1945
- Owned by Joy Eastman before May 8, 2014
- Received from Joy Eastman (Donor) on May 8, 2014
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 3058/11 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- swamp grass ?, dye and cedar root
- Part A
- height 4.8 cm, diameter 6.8 cm
- Part B
- height 1.7 cm, diameter 6.9 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Joy Eastman
- Received from
- Joy Eastman (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Estevan Point, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1945
- Ownership Date
- before May 8, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on May 8, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3058/0011 a-b