Basket Item Number: 3207/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round basket with gammadion cross design. Woven basket has a recessed base from which rises the wall, flaring slightly outward toward rim. Weaving is fine and tight, and decoration is an imbricated pattern of an encircling line of gammadion crosses (swastikas) at centre in dark brown between rows of parallelograms in brown and shades of orange.
Narrative
Purchased by the donor from the BC Provincial Museum's shop in 1975.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA before 1975
- Collected during 1975
- Owned by Sharon J. Proctor before November 9, 2016
- Received from Sharon J. Proctor (Donor) on November 9, 2016
What
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Previous Owner
- Sharon J. Proctor
- Received from
- Sharon J. Proctor (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Creation Date
- before 1975
- Collection Date
- during 1975
- Ownership Date
- before November 9, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on November 9, 2016
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3207/0006