Basket Item Number: A2.622 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Dark brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square-shaped bottom--bark is bent and laced together with birch root. Splint around rim is overcast and then partially beaded with crabapple bark (4-5 stitches every 1-1 1/4 in).
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Babine Lake, British Columbia, Canada between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George Henry Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2.622
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, birch root ?, crabapple bark and stain ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, bent, laced, overcast, imbricated and sewn
- Overall
- height 23.0 cm, width 23.6 cm, depth 22.9 cm
Who
- Culture
- Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
- Previous Owner
- George Henry Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Babine Lake, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 30
- Accession Number
- 1960/0623