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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
grass
Catalogue Number
104.02.0001
Description
A low, wide, open-mouthed coiled basket made of woven grass. The basket has an openwork scalloped border around the mouth.
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Title
Gathering Basket
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
grass
Dimensions
11.0 cm
Description
A low, wide, open-mouthed coiled basket made of woven grass. The basket has an openwork scalloped border around the mouth.
Subject
Indigenous, Salish
crafts
weaving
basketry
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.02.0001
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Date
1890 – 1900
Material
grass, reed
Catalogue Number
104.19.0021
Description
A small rectangular basket with high sides. The basket is woven of natural coloured material with four coloured diamond shapes (white, red and black) on the side that have been made with dyed grass (an imbricated design).
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Title
Storage Basket
Date
1890 – 1900
Material
grass, reed
Dimensions
12.0 x 18.0 x 22.0 cm
Description
A small rectangular basket with high sides. The basket is woven of natural coloured material with four coloured diamond shapes (white, red and black) on the side that have been made with dyed grass (an imbricated design).
Subject
Indigenous, Salish
Thompson River
crafts
basketry
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.19.0021
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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
wood, split willow shoots; plant, Devil’s Claw
Catalogue Number
104.19.0098
Description
A coiled basket with flat base and straight, flaring sides, coils stitched with natural coloured split root ? with very dark brown design of same material. Design composed of three parallel lines running around the sides of the basket, along the top then slanting down, then along the bottom, then s…
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Title
Storage Basket
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
wood, split willow shoots; plant, Devil’s Claw
Dimensions
9.5 x 12.0 cm
Description
A coiled basket with flat base and straight, flaring sides, coils stitched with natural coloured split root ? with very dark brown design of same material. Design composed of three parallel lines running around the sides of the basket, along the top then slanting down, then along the bottom, then slanting up again, repeated around with the rectangular areas left between the path of the lines filled in as dark coloured parallelograms. The rim of the basket, the coil along the bottom, and one single coil in the base are dark. Design inside as well as outside, piece of knotted black thread through top coil on one side of basket, presumably for display at some time, very sturdy. Marks: round cardboard tag framed with metal attached with string to basket with string sealed to back of tag with black sealing wax with signet impression, tag handwritten in faded ink, "Fine Pima river ? Art 8913/50".
Subject
Indigenous, Pima
households
basketry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.19.0098
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Date
1890 – 1930
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.19.0108
Description
A large shallow basket with flat bottom and sides flaring outward. Coiled construction with stitches of split root around each coil stitched into the top of the coil below. Natural coloured background with imbricated design of wide dark parallograms forming 'V's sitting on a single band of dark coi…
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Title
Storage Basket
Date
1890 – 1930
Material
wood
Dimensions
9.8 x 34.2 cm
Description
A large shallow basket with flat bottom and sides flaring outward. Coiled construction with stitches of split root around each coil stitched into the top of the coil below. Natural coloured background with imbricated design of wide dark parallograms forming 'V's sitting on a single band of dark coil, and joined each to the other at the top with a dark bar with oblique lines running off topped by a small parallogram of golden brown with a single motif of golden brown between each. Sturdy but flexible, small string loop one side. Note: minor stitch breakage revealing coils beneath.
Subject
Indigenous
households
basketry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.19.0108
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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