Basket Item Number: A7505 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Open work weave (eyehole weave) and false embroidery. Two bands with false embroidery (one above and the other below the open work weave) in yellow, green and deep red swamp grass; top - multi-coloured rhomboid figures, bottom - band of checkered rhomboid pattern.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected before 1900
- Owned by A. D. MacFarlane
- Owned by Edward F. Meade before May 1961
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Edward F. Meade (Seller) during May 1961
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A7505
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root, swamp grass and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and false embroidered
- Overall
- height 14.2 cm, width 24.8 cm, depth 9.9 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Previous Owner
- A. D. MacFarlane and Edward F. Meade
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Edward F. Meade (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- before 1900
- Ownership Date
- before May 1961
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0050/0038