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