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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
Images
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Date
1875 – 1900
Material
bark; skin
Catalogue Number
104.02.0003
Description
Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar s…
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Title
Gathering Basket
Date
1875 – 1900
Material
bark; skin
Dimensions
28.5 x 30.0 x 36.2 cm
Description
Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar strips. Six rawhide loops at top pass through weaving of basket and are tied on inside with another rawhide loop near the bottom on one side of basket. Small rawhide thong tied in loop through rim on one side. Interior of basket undecorated. Rim broken in five places, one rawhide loop broken.
Subject
Indigenous
households
basketry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.02.0003
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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