Basket
About this object
Narrative
The collector (pre-1932) had tagged this as having been collected in Alert Bay, but by style it appears to be of Haida origin. The basket may have been mislabelled by the collector, or it might have ended up in a Kwakwaka'wakw community through trade or intermarriage.
Physical description
Plain twined weaving (two strand) with black and natural strands and with both natural strands; also has a variety of twilled weave (known as skip stitch) along top border; five bands of alternating dark and natural weft; top border of radiating chevron twill design.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
C. 1900
Date Acquired
1932
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 26.7 x 25.4 cm
Object Number
A486