Basket Item Number: D3.204 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Light brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; pairs of decorative red beads are tied to the rim at four points. A handle made from a strip of rawhide is strung from one side of the rim to the other.
Item History
- Made in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D3.204
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, cedar root, glass and rawhide skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- bent, laced, overcast and beaded
- Overall
- height 10.2 cm, width 8.9 cm, depth 8.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Mi'kmaq ?
- Previous Owner
- Margaret L. Buttimer and Alfred J. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 45
- Accession Number
- 2003/0066