Plainted Basket
Date1890-1904
Mediumcedar bark
DimensionsOther: 15.5 × 10.5 × 11.5 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-572
Object numberHRC 00572
Descriptionsmall square basket of checker woven cedar bark. warps at rim are turned back one to the left and secured by one row of z twining. two small s twisted cedar bark handles are attached to sides.in notes from Newcombe it states it was used for picking berries, but Haidas never used cedar bark for collecting food, due to the smell of the cedar going into the food collected. all food harvesting baskets were made from spruce root, so this basket could have been used for holding things. also the card says the handles were made from s twist, by the photos it looks to be z twist, Haidas never done did s twist rope.
collected in Kaigani, Alaska
Exhibition HistoryRavens World VMMB E9.0.70/c (9-84) - (9-88)
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before 1884
1895-1901
1915
1895-1901
1895-1901
1895-1901
