Basket Item Number: A2.691 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown birch bark basket with a circular top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of crabapple beading are featured along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.
Item History
- Made in Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada before 1927
- Collected between 1920 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2.691
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, crabapple bark and birch root ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, overcast, imbricated, laced, bent and sewn
- Overall
- height 13.4 cm, diameter 16.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Wet'suwet'en
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 19
- Accession Number
- 2191/0142