Basket

MOA: University of British Columbia

3103/2

Bent bark, square basket with rounded mouth. Rim was lined with fabric, then overcast with root. The outside is decorated with a pattern of alternating golden brown or brown squares between two bands of triangles. (Parts of the rim have thin fibres or plastic string inside.)


  • Type of Item basket
  • Culture Gitxsan
  • Material birch bark, root, plant fibre, cotton fibre, plastic
  • Measurements height 19.2 cm, width 23.5 cm, depth 15.2 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Anne Piternick
  • Received from Anne Piternick

  • Made in British Columbia

  • Ownership Date before April 8, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on April 8, 2015

  • Item Classes basketry
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3103/0002