Basket Item Number: D3.29 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Roughly cylindrical brown woven basket with a faded geometric pattern on the sides--pattern made by using a layer of purple strips and a layer of undyed strips and reversing them. Basket's top edge features a rolled rim.
Item History
- Made in USA ?
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D3.29
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- checkerwork
- Overall
- height 13.5 cm, diameter 15.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Cherokee ?
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- USA ?
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 45
- Accession Number
- 2004/0164