basket;burden basket;basket
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026685
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth Nation
- Materials and Techniques
- sedges
- whole woven with diagonal, wrapped, twined weave
- design woven with horizontal pattern
- rim folded over onto inside to depth of 15mm
- Place
- west coast of Vancouver Island
- British Columbia, Northwest Coast
- Canada
- North America
- Description
- A flat based oval basket with sloping sides made using a wrapping technique over a foundation of verticals and horizontals. The rim is folded in.
This was collected by Edgar Dewdney in the late 19th/ early 20th century. Dewdney’s wife bequeathed the item to RAMM in 1927.
This object is on display at RAMM in the World Cultures gallery. - Description
- A flat based oval basket with sloping sides made using a wrapping technique over a foundation of verticals and horizontals. The rim is folded in.
This was collected by Edgar Dewdney in the late 19th/ early 20th century. Dewdney’s wife bequeathed the item to RAMM in 1927.
This object is on display at RAMM in the World Cultures gallery. - See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
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