Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0072-0008A,B | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket with lid | |
| Culture | Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark splints; Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Small round basket with flat base, vertical sides, high shoulder with recessed rim, and corresponding round flat lid with low sides that fit over the basket's rim; Warp material is cedar bark splints; Base is woven in plain twining technique, using rye grass stems as the weft; Sides of basket and entire lid are very finely woven in wrapped twining technique, using bear grass leaves as the weft; Single wide cedar splint is added at rim to form recessed rim, and warps are bent over it and bound into final row of twining; Designs on sides of basket include two registers of isolated words and letters; Lower register reads "THE WHITE LYLE THE" with lower border of blue and orange bands; Upper register reads "HITE WAL"; Registers are separated by double band of orange dashes on blue background; Designs on top and sides of lid include several concentric blue and orange bands. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.0, Rim Diam = 7.0, Max Diam = 7.3 | |