Basket Item Number: C1449 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plain woven basket (part a) and lid (part b), and having a rectangular shape. Some triangle motif decoration on the top of the lid (part b) consisting of two triangles at the centre pointing outward to the short ends with a double row of outward pointing triangles along the top perimeter.
Item History
- Made in Samoa before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- C1449 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- palm leaf
- Manufacturing Technique
- diagonal plaited
- Overall
- height 10.8 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 9.3 cm
- Part A
- height 9.0 cm, width 21.0 cm, depth 9.0 cm
- Part B
- height 7.4 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 9.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Samoan
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samoa
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/1282 a-b