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Bark basket with plant and triangle design
Bark basket with plant and triangle design
Object Number 2006.29.3
Display Title Bark basket with plant and triangle design
Descriptions
Object Description Bark basket; plant fiber rim binding of light brown with wider, redder fiber and remains of imbricated pale fiber; rim loss; sticky substance in interior; exterior design of plants with triangles pointing down from rim; written in pencil on bottom HE/35, possibly different letters/35
Inventory Description Bark, plant fiber, exterior design possibly turtle and dragon flies
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1922-1936 or earlier
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kispiox
Materials Fiber, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 19.5 x 15.6 cm (4 5/16 x 7 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Muriel McAvoy Weissman
Provenance
Collector Grace Smith Findlay (1922-1936)
Donor Muriel McAvoy Weissman (9/14/06)

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