Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0030 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Haida or 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 | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) bark; Vegetal (?) dye | |
| Description | Deep basket with flat rectangular base and vertical sides that rise to a wide round mouth with slightly flaring rim; Base is woven in simple plaiting technique, using same-sized cedar bark splints for both the warp and weft; Sides are woven in spaced plain twining technique over diagonally crossed warps, using undyed cedar bark for the warp and dyed black cedar bark for the weft; A reinforcing bundle of cedar bark encircles the interior of the rim and is coil-wrapped with the dyed black weft fibers; Warp fibers are bent over at rim and woven in a diagonal stitch to bind them to the coiled bundle. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.0, Max Diam = 20.0 | |