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Object Number
995-29-10/73235
Display Title
Coiled and imbricated cedar root rectangular basket: swastika motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled and fully imbricated rectangular basket of cedar root, straw, and fern stem with leather handles on short ends. Natural brown background with design consisting of black or reddish-brown tictac (#) signs alternating with vertical rows of black swastikas. (See Notes/Histories- Attribution)
Dimensions: length=64.8 cm, width=31.8 cm, height=23 cm
Accompanied by prize ribbon for "Special Award," American Indian and Relic Show, Los Angeles, February 1971. Also had hang tag: "333 DB-6" and sticker on bottom: "36."
Inventory Description
Basket, rectangular, swastika and number motifs, broken leather handles on ends
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1971
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Thompson River
Materials
Cedar, Hide, Cedar root, Straw, Fern
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 64.8 x 31.8 cm (9 1/16 x 25 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73235
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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