Basket Item Number: A2.591 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wicker weave with twilled weave for patterns. Running pattern on top and side (with pattern running clockwise on top, and counter-clockwise on the sides). The colour is dark greyish-blue-purple.
Item History
- Made in Nome, Alaska, USA
- Collected during 1915
- Owned by Margaret Wylie between 1915 and January 1963
- Received from Margaret Wylie (Donor) during January 1963
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2.591 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- twilled and wickerwork
- Overall
- height 2.5 in, diameter 3.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Aleut
- Previous Owner
- Margaret Wylie
- Received from
- Margaret Wylie (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nome, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1915
- Ownership Date
- between 1915 and January 1963
- Acquisition Date
- during January 1963
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2257/0002 a-b