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Bark basket with floral, line and triangle design
Bark basket with floral, line and triangle design
Object Number 2006.29.9
Display Title Bark basket with floral, line and triangle design
Descriptions
Object Description Bark basket; plant fiber rim binding, faded and worn, with color variation; some rim loss; exterior floral design with vertical lines and triangles; cracks in bottom and side; small white patches in interior; X 60 written in pencil on bottom.
Inventory Description Bark basket, fiber rim, exterior floral design, ends stitched with plant fiber
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1922-1936 or earlier
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kispiox
Materials Bark, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 25.8 x 26.1 cm (7 1/16 x 10 3/16 x 10 1/4 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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