basket;basket
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026688
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth Nation
- Materials and Techniques
- dried grass (bear grass?)
- red cedarbark
- red cedar bark
- base plain woven: these strips are split to form the slanting verticals of the sides
- sides wrapped over the verticals and finer horizontals
- handle three strand braided
- Place
- Makah
- west coast of Vancouver Island or north west tip of Washington State
- British Columbia or Washington State, Northwest Coast
- Canada or USA
- North America
- Description
- A flat-based, rectangular basket with a base of red cedar bark strips in plain weave. These strips are split to form the slanting verticals of the sides. The sides are wrapped over the verticals and the finer horizontals. Patterning of wrapped purple strips.
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, rectangular basket with a base of red cedar bark strips in plain weave. These strips are split to form the slanting verticals of the sides. The sides are wrapped over the verticals and the finer horizontals. Patterning of wrapped purple strips.
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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