Basket Item Number: A2.617 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with birch root and partially beaded with crabapple bark. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.
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
- A2.617
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- birch bark, birch root, crabapple bark and stain ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, bent, laced, overcast, imbricated, incised and sewn
- Overall
- height 7.0 cm, width 18.7 cm, depth 14.4 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
- 1960/0621