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Basket

MOA: University of British Columbia

3000/29

Small canoe-shaped basket. Basket is oblong, ends narrow, with a flat base and curved walls topped by an open, scalloped rim. Decoration is a square weave of black imbrication along base and rim, and dark red across the scallop design.

  • Narrative

    From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907.

  • Type of Item basket
  • Culture Coast Salish
  • Material wood, cedar root, dye, cherry bark
  • Measurements height 5.5 cm, width 28.2 cm, depth 7.8 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013
  • Item Classes basketry
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3000/0029

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