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Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026694
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth Nation
- Materials and Techniques
- red cedar bark
- dried grass
- base checker woven
- outer edge of base single-pair twined one outer row
- sides plain woven
- Place
- west coast of Vancouver Island
- British Columbia, Northwest Coast
- Canada
- North America
- Description
- A flat-based rectangular, straight-sided basket. The base is of cedar bark checker-weave with one outer row of single-pair twining. The cedar bark strips are then split and turned vertically for the sides. The sides are in plain weave with two pattern bands near the base and just above the mid-line, of three green 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 not on display. - Description
- A flat-based rectangular, straight-sided basket. The base is of cedar bark checker-weave with one outer row of single-pair twining. The cedar bark strips are then split and turned vertically for the sides. The sides are in plain weave with two pattern bands near the base and just above the mid-line, of three green 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 not on display. - See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
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