Basket
A cylindrical basket with a flat base of closely set twining which continues up the sides for 6 rows. The sides then continue with alternative rows of
a. plain weave
b. single pair twining
three rows in red, three in brown - over pairs of verticals. At the rim are two close rows of single-pair twining and a row of braided stitching to hold the edge, the ends of the verticals being cut off very close.
This was collected by Edgar Dewdney in the late 19th/ early 20th century. Dewdney’s wife bequeathed the item to RAMM in 1927.
a. plain weave
b. single pair twining
three rows in red, three in brown - over pairs of verticals. At the rim are two close rows of single-pair twining and a row of braided stitching to hold the edge, the ends of the verticals being cut off very close.
This was collected by Edgar Dewdney in the late 19th/ early 20th century. Dewdney’s wife bequeathed the item to RAMM in 1927.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 70/1927/14
- Collection Class
- Containers
- Collection Area Region
- N
- Material
- ? spruce root
- Common Name
- basket
- Simple Name
- basket
- Production Town
- west coast of Vancouver Island
- Production County
- British Columbia, Northwest Coast
- Production Country
- Canada
- Production Year High
- 1916
