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Date
1870 – 1910
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0171
Description
A flat-based small. brown basket. Base is of alternate narrow and wide laths in a simple tabby weave form, the narrow laths continuing up to form the walls and rim. The walls are woven in finer cane, and the side struts folded over form a braided oval opening.
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1870 – 1910
Material
wood
Dimensions
2.6 x 6.0 x 8.3 cm
Description
A flat-based small. brown basket. Base is of alternate narrow and wide laths in a simple tabby weave form, the narrow laths continuing up to form the walls and rim. The walls are woven in finer cane, and the side struts folded over form a braided oval opening.
Subject
households
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0171
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0191
Description
Circular basketry box with lid. Brown fibre over natural (pale) frame. Some loose caning on selvages of lid. Flat base in beige, walls of brown with black, horizontal accent line in mid-wall and on wall of lid. Loose lattice weave.
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
7.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
Circular basketry box with lid. Brown fibre over natural (pale) frame. Some loose caning on selvages of lid. Flat base in beige, walls of brown with black, horizontal accent line in mid-wall and on wall of lid. Loose lattice weave.
Subject
Whyte home
households
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0191
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0206
Description
A flat-based round basket with domed overfitting lid. Weave is simple over and under basket style. Vertical struts of basket are light brown, and weft is alternated light and dark strips. Simple, perfunctory object.
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
6.0 x 11.3 cm
Description
A flat-based round basket with domed overfitting lid. Weave is simple over and under basket style. Vertical struts of basket are light brown, and weft is alternated light and dark strips. Simple, perfunctory object.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0206
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Date
1910 – 1940
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0267
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush, almost flat lid which fits securely over straight rim. Basket is formed on a lattice of cedar root or bark which is frayed out to form vertical ribs, and then a delicate tight bird-cage with twining technique is used to build up the basket. Pattern of…
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1910 – 1940
Material
wood
Dimensions
3.4 x 5.8 cm
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush, almost flat lid which fits securely over straight rim. Basket is formed on a lattice of cedar root or bark which is frayed out to form vertical ribs, and then a delicate tight bird-cage with twining technique is used to build up the basket. Pattern of deep purple, almost black, ducks spaced around basket above two parallel lines in burgundy. Top of basket lid is decorated with a "whirlpool” design radiating from a red eye in red, yellow, and green, terminating in a red ring which notches into the natural light lid; green and white alternating stitches at the ring connecting top to wall of basket lid.
Subject
households
Indigenous, Nuu-chah-nulth
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0267
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0268
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush-fitting conical lid which terminates in a reverse topknot cap. The walls of the box are decorated with two thunderbirds, wings extended, and clasping each an arrow. These major design elements are in black. At the ends of the arrows are flying birds in…
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
wood
Dimensions
7.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided basket with flush-fitting conical lid which terminates in a reverse topknot cap. The walls of the box are decorated with two thunderbirds, wings extended, and clasping each an arrow. These major design elements are in black. At the ends of the arrows are flying birds in red. At the bottom limit of the wall is an orange band in three lines of twining, outlined by two lines of twining in purple, a design motif repeated on the lid, and the lid "topknot" is in red surmounting rings of green and yellow.
Subject
households
Indigenous
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0268
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Date
1955 – 1975
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
102.04.0365
Description
A small round basket with flat bottom and fitted lid. Woven in bird-cage technique with natural coloured grasses as background and design of bright pink, purple, and green dye. Green birds and purple birds walk around side and three swirling crescents of purple, green and pink on the lid top. Lid f…
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1955 – 1975
Material
fibre
Dimensions
5.5 x 7.1 cm
Description
A small round basket with flat bottom and fitted lid. Woven in bird-cage technique with natural coloured grasses as background and design of bright pink, purple, and green dye. Green birds and purple birds walk around side and three swirling crescents of purple, green and pink on the lid top. Lid fits over lip on basket formed by incorporating a flat ring of wood into the rim. Checkerboard pattern discernible in weaving at centre of base of basket.
Subject
Whyte home
households
decorative
Indigenous, Nuu-chah-nulth
birds
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0365
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0476
Description
A miniature basket with flat bottom and slightly domed, fitted lid. Woven in bird-cage technique with natural coloured grasses as background and design of bright pink, purple, and green dye. Pink whale and green canoe with purple and pink figures in it around the sides and purple whales around a pi…
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
n.d.
Material
wood
Dimensions
4.0 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm
Description
A miniature basket with flat bottom and slightly domed, fitted lid. Woven in bird-cage technique with natural coloured grasses as background and design of bright pink, purple, and green dye. Pink whale and green canoe with purple and pink figures in it around the sides and purple whales around a pink geometric design on the lid. Lid fits over lip on basket formed by incorporating a flat ring of wood into the rim. Checkerboard pattern discernible in weaving at centre of base of basket.
Subject
Whyte home
Nuu-chah-nulth
indigenous
basketry
miniatures
decor
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0476
Images
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