Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0025 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Tsimshian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Central coastal area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) bark slats; Vegetal (?) dye | |
| Description | Deep round basket with square base and cylindrical sides that flare outward very slightly to a wide, round mouth; Basket is woven entirely in simple twining technique, except for single row of plain twining just below the rim; Warp fibers are bent over at rim and woven in a diagonal stitch to bind them to a coil-wrapped reinforcing bundle around interior of rim; Warp and weft material is cedar bark slats; Designs are woven of dyed black cedar bark slats and consist of 6 checkerboard bands (4 wide and 2 single rows) that encircle the sides of the basket. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 16.9, Max Diam = 17.4 | |