Basket Item Number: D3.8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small, circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid--basket and lid trimmed with sweet grass. Both lid and basket are covered in white quillwork, with the image of a chicken in the centre of the lid.
Item History
- Made in New Brunswick, Canada
- Collected during 1904
- Owned by James Fyfe-Smith and Mary G. Fyfe-Smith
- Owned by Florence Fyfe-Smith before 1957
- Received from Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor) during 1957
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D3.8
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill and spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- bent and sewn
- Overall
- height 5.0 cm, diameter 5.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
- Previous Owner
- James Fyfe-Smith, Mary G. Fyfe-Smith and Florence Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- New Brunswick, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1904
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 45