Northern-style painted basket with round rim and square base. Plaited rim with 7 rows of check pattern underneath - alternating natural and grey-brown checks. Painted designs are: large face with teeth bared and hands held up; frog design; bird design.

• Narrative

  Previous owner Mrs. A.J. Kelly notes in 1910 her mother traded a large tent for this papoose basket with the woman who made it.

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• Type of Item basket
• Culture Northwest Coast
• Material cedar bark, cedar root, paint
• Measurements height 19.5 cm, width 27.0 cm, depth 26.2 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Fraser Ross Sharp
• Received from Fraser Ross Sharp

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• Made in British Columbia

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• Creation Date during 1910
• Ownership Date before December 8, 2023
• Acquisition Date on December 8, 2023

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• Item Classes basketry
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3656/0021