Basketry covered abalone shell. Large abalone shell is iridescent on the interior, with 4 perforations in the bottom under the rim. It is fully covered on the exterior by a piece of tightly woven basketry that closely takes its shape, and fits around the shell’s rim. Images of whales and birds, and concentric lines on rim and at bottom centre are woven into the basketry.

• Narrative

  Collected by the donor's father, Alan Deacon, from a Hesquiaht weaver, while he was a wireless operator at Estevan Point in the 1940s.

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• Type of Item basketry
• Culture Nuu-chah-nulth
• Material abalone shell, swamp grass, cedar root, dye
• Measurements height 4.9 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 12.7 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Joy Eastman
• Received from Joy Eastman

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• Made in Estevan Point

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• Creation Date during 1945
• Ownership Date before May 8, 2014
• Acquisition Date on May 8, 2014

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• Item Classes basketry
• Condition good
• Current Location Case 8
• Accession Number 3058/0010