Basket Item Number: A3165 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular handbag-like basket with two multicoloured braided handles attached along the upper rim opposite each other. Repeated bird and linear motifs around the sides in green, red, purple and yellow.
History Of Use
Carrying basket
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A3165
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- checkerwork and twined
- Overall
- height 21.0 cm, width 37.0 cm, depth 11.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous Owner
- Margaret L. Buttimer and Alfred J. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2003/0077