Basket Item Number: A3756 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plain twined work; mixed twined work on base; 3 rows of twisted twined work; design is false embroidered. 2 bands of discrete shapes alternating in orange and yellow on a black ground bordered by red. 3 twisted horizontal stripes in purple/red/purple; base has 2 bands of purple and 2 bands of red.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Owned by Mrs. Johnson
- Owned by Mrs. W. C. Woodward before December 1951
- Received from Mrs. W. C. Woodward (Donor) during December 1951
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A3756
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- aniline dye and spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and false embroidered
- Overall
- height 19.8 cm, diameter 25.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. W. C. Woodward
- Received from
- Mrs. W. C. Woodward (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during December 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 42
- Accession Number
- 2155/0005