Basket Item Number: A5110 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plaited cedar bark base with warp pieces split four ways on sides; sides are of both plait weaving and openwork with cross plaiting. No coloured or added decoration; fibre loop through rim.
History Of Use
Spoon 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
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A5110
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar bark and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- checkerwork
- Overall
- height 14.4 cm, width 28.8 cm, depth 18.2 cm
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
- 2004/0052