Basket
MOA: University of British Columbia
3000/33
Rectangular woven basket. Base is a rectangle, and walls flare out toward the wide mouth. The exterior is decorated on the top third with short, thin, horizontal strips of dark imbrication. On three sides, the mid-portion has vertical lines in red and black patterns while on the fourth side are stripes of red and black imbrication at the rim.
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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 root, cherry bark, dye
- Measurements height 19.5 cm, width 33.2 cm, depth 23.3 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 3000/0033