Basket
97-85-59
From: Canada | British Columbia | Kyuquot | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 97-85-59 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Nootka |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Kyuquot | Vancouver Island |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Cedar Bark | Grass |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Oblong. Bottom of cedar bark in checkerwork; sides of two parallel warps, cedar bark inside, grass outside, enclosing broad strips of cedar bark and woven at intervals by two-ply twining of grass. Edge of basket drawn in horizontally. |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-85-59 - Old Museum Number | 16255 - ANSP Number | II 144 - Gottschall Number |
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