Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0039A,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 | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dye | |
| Description | Small round barrel-shaped basket with flat base, rounded sides, and high shoulder with short rim, and corresponding round lid with slightly domed top and low sides that fit over basket's rim; Entire basket and lid are woven in wrapped twining technique, using cedar bark as the warp and bear grass leaves as the weft; Base of basket is woven more coarsely than sides and lid; Single cedar splint forms rim and warp fibers are bent over it and bound into final row of twining; Designs on sides of basket include band of small alternating blue and straw-colored parallelograms around mid-section, flanked above and below by narrow bands of straw colored dots on blue background; Designs on lid consist of small blue floral motif in center, encircled by two blue bands near outer edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.2, Rim Diam = ca. 4.0, Max Diam = 6.4 | |