Miniature Burden Basket Item Number: A5116 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plaited basket and head strap and twined reinforcement; fibre loop around head strap. Undecorated.
(head strap? or handle?)
History Of Use
Carrying basket
Item History
- Made in Wrangell, Alaska, USA
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Miniature Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- A5116
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar bark and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- checkerwork
- Overall
- height 11.4 cm, width 12.3 cm, depth 11.0 cm, diameter 4.75 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Wrangell, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2004/0056