Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0148 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western Vancouver Island | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | unknown (pre-1906) | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems | |
| Description | Narrow but deep rectangular purse or wallet with flat base and vertical sides; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is rye grass stems; Base of basket is woven in simple plaiting technique, using a single wide cedar bark slat for the warp and a series of narrow cedar bark slats for the weft, which then extend up the sides and continue as warps; Outer edges of base are woven in plain twining technique, using rye grass stems as the weft; Single row of 3-strand twining along junction of base and sides ads structural support; Sides of purse are woven entirely in plain twining technique, using rye grass stems as the weft; Warp fibers are bent over at the rim and bound into the final row of twining; Weft fibers on upper sides of purse are slightly darker than those in other areas of the purse, but this may or may not have been intentional; Purse appears otherwise to have been undecorated. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.5, Width = 5.4, Length = 16.4 | |