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.

  • 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