Basketry Item Number: 3575/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Basketry covered clay jar with designs throughout a central band. Designs include steamship, deer, flowers, cannery, and boat; done in red, brown, green, and yellow. Above and below the band are open weave sections, trimmed with red; thin red stripe around foot of jar with purple triangles extending from either side. Two bands wrap around shoulder; top is red and green and bottom is plain yellow. Third open weave section divides shoulder and neck of jar; plain piece of cedar wraps around neck, trimmed with red. Red inverted triangles decorate opening of basketry; base of basketry consists of alternating bands of weave and open weave. Centre of base is woven and decorated with a plain green line. Glazed clay jar is dark brown.
The basketry covered jar was gifted to Elizabeth (Betty) Montgomery in the 1970s, by Alice M. Falconer (of Kelowna). Falconer donated a collection of Nuu-chah-nulth basketry to MOA in 1989 (see acc. 1435).