Basket Item Number: A2.620 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Birch bark is bent and laced into place. On the rim, splints are overcast (open stitch) and then beaded with red and black yarn. Around the mid-section of the basket a twig is sewn on for reinforcement. The rim is overcast; three stitches, then every other stitch is beaded with black thread (six stitches) then three stitches, openwork, then the next series of three then three overcast.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected between 1954 and 1956
- Owned by Gordon Marsh before June 15, 1959
- Received from Gordon Marsh (Donor) on June 15, 1959
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2.620
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, birch root, fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, bent, laced, overcast, imbricated, openwork and sewn
- Overall
- height 4.5 in, width 7.5 in, depth 9.0157 in
Who
- Culture
- Yup'ik
- Previous Owner
- Gordon Marsh
- Received from
- Gordon Marsh (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1954 and 1956
- Ownership Date
- before June 15, 1959
- Acquisition Date
- on June 15, 1959
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 48
- Accession Number
- 2238/0004