Basket Item Number: D3.203 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Birch bark basket with a circular top and a square bottom. Birch bark is bent and laced together with root lashings. A split twig rim covers the top edge of the basket and is overcast with thin strips of root; a strip of bark is laced underneath the rim as reinforcement. Red and green beads are featured around the top of the rim. A strip of rawhide is strung from one side of the rim to the other as a handle.
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
- D3.203
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, cedar root, glass and rawhide skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- bent, laced, overcast, beaded and tied
- Overall
- height 11.2 cm, diameter 15.0 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
- 2003/0078