Basket Item Number: Nb22.96 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket has two-strand twined weave with skip or over stitch (twill) weave at top border. Three horizontal bands of green with two oblique rows of diamond twill design, near border (or mixed twill design).
Narrative
Collected by John Spottiswood Tait while in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) in 1910 or Bella Coola in 1897.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ? between 1850 and 1910
- Collected in British Columbia, Canada during 1910
- Owned by John Spottiswood Tait
- Owned by Fanta Tait before June 1964
- Received from Fanta Tait (Donor) during June 1964
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nb22.96
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and twilled
- Overall
- height 7.5 cm, diameter 8.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Previous Owner
- John Spottiswood Tait and Fanta Tait
- Received from
- Fanta Tait (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- between 1850 and 1910
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before June 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1964
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 42
- Accession Number
- 0112/0007