Button Item Number: 3261/10 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.
Iconographic Meaning
Thunderbird is an important mythical being associated with whaling.
Item History
- Made by Nellie Jacobson (Maker) in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada before 1950
- Owned by Elspeth McConnell before April 12, 2018
- Received from Elspeth McConnell (Donor) on April 12, 2018
What
- Name
- Button
- Identification Number
- 3261/10
- Type of Item
- button
- Material
- dye, swamp grass and paper
- Manufacturing Technique
- wrapped twined
- Overall
- height 0.5 cm, diameter 3.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
- Creator
- Nellie Jacobson (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Elspeth McConnell
- Received from
- Elspeth McConnell (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1950
- Ownership Date
- before April 12, 2018
- Acquisition Date
- on April 12, 2018
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3261/0010