Basket Item Number: 3207/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Dish shaped basket with a rounded base, wide sloping wall and braided rim. Dark brown designs decorate both exterior and interior, with four colour blocks emanating off a ring at centre, and surrounded by geometric line designs and colour blocks from the rim.
Narrative
Given to the donor by the late Dr. Murray Newman, and said to have belonged to his grandparents. His grandfather, Benjamin Tupper Newman (from Maine), had traveled around the American west in the 1920s and had an interest in Native American cultures.
Item History
- Made in Arizona, USA ? before 1930
- Owned by Sharon J. Proctor before November 9, 2016
- Received from Sharon J. Proctor (Donor) on November 9, 2016
What
Who
- Culture
- Akimel O'odham
- Previous Owner
- Sharon J. Proctor
- Received from
- Sharon J. Proctor (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Arizona, USA ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1930
- Ownership Date
- before November 9, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on November 9, 2016
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3207/0008