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Object Number
995-29-10/73232
Display Title
Double-faced plaited and twined rectangular cedar carrying basket with handles
Descriptions
Object Description
Carrying basket. Interior face is 1/1 cedar plaiting; outer face alternates plaited bands and twined bands of natural background with "false embroidery". Primary designs occur in black on the center twined band and depict on one side a long whaling canoe with whalers wearing red hats, on the other three flying geese, and on the ends an animal (deer or dog?) lying down. The upper band of twining depicts a green line with a purple strand wrapped around it, while the lower depicts a grey strand with a red strand wrapped around it. Alternating bands of the outer face are of 1/1 cedar plaiting with supplementary colored wefts in natural, blue, and yellow grass. The handles are of natural braided grass.
Inventory Description
Basket, purse, rectangular, two braided handles at rim. band and boat designs
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Late 19th Century
Culture
- Nootka
- Makah
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Cedar bark, Grass
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 33.8 x 17.7 cm (9 7/16 x 13 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Distance: 17.5 x 23.1 x 34 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73232
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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