Basket Item Number: 3207/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Dish shaped basket with rounded base, wide sloping wall and wrapped rim. Dark brown designs decorate both exterior and interior, with narrow colour blocks emanating off brown circle at centre, and surrounded by several layers of geometric line designs and colour blocks from the rim. Basket has a square where weaving starts, visible on underside.
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
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 3207/9
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- fern ? or willow wood ?
- Overall
- height 5.2 cm, diameter 25.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Akimel O'odham ? or Tohono 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
- 3207/0009