Basket Item Number: A2.602 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Birch bark basket bent and laced into place. A twig splint ringing the rim is overcast, with wide stitches for reinforcement--seven blue opaque glass beads are laced onto the rim. The white side of the bark faces outwards, with a strip of brown bark running underneath the rim as reinforcement.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Babine Lake, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Mary G. Fyfe-Smith before June 15, 1951
- Received from Mary G. Fyfe-Smith (Donor) on June 15, 1951
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2.602
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, birch root and glass
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, bent, laced, overcast and beaded
- Overall
- height 10.8 cm, width 33.5 cm, depth 25.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
- Previous Owner
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Babine Lake, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before June 15, 1951
- Acquisition Date
- on June 15, 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 30