Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0028 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Haida | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown (see note under Provenance) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1903 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Spruce (Picea sp.) roots; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Deep round basket with flat base and nearly vertical sides, woven entirely in alternating rows of plain twining and simple plaiting; Warp rods are bent over at rim and bound into a bundle coil that is wrapped in a false braid; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Designs are woven of dyed weft fibers that are used only in the plain twined rows; Designs consist of 3 adjacent purple bands on base, and two wider bands (3 black bands and 2 purple bands each) around sides of basket. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 18.6, Max Diam = 24.8 | |