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Bark basket with floral design, misshapen
Bark basket with floral design, misshapen
Object Number 2006.29.7
Display Title Bark basket with floral design, misshapen
Descriptions
Object Description Bark basket; plant fiber rim binding; rim loss; exterior floral design; interior damage, cracks, splits, water damage, misshapen; written in pencil on bottom 50 and illegible
Inventory Description Bark basket, fiber rim, exterior floral design, ends stiched withfiber
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: 17.2 x 25.6 x 22.8 cm (6 3/4 x 10 1/16 x 9 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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