Basket Item Number: A4328 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular-shaped basket with handles on the inside top rim. Sides are composed of wrapped and twined openwork weaving with warp coiled around splints at the top (wrapped warp border). The base is composed of two-strand twilled plaiting.
Specific Techniques
Sides: wrapped twined openwork weaving with warp coiled around splints at the top (wrapped warp border).
Base: two-strand twilled plaiting.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Mary Webber before June 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mary Webber (Seller) during June 1953
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A4328
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and twilled
- Overall
- height 6.5 in, width 11.0 in, depth 14.0157 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Mary Webber
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Mary Webber (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before June 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1953
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1883/0002