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- Date
- 1880 – 1935
- Material
- wood; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.0008
- Description
- A small coiled basket in shape of jar (or closed bowl) with lid; stitches wrap around two coils at a time proceeding upward on a diagonal; wrapped bamboo coils at base forms foot; lid is domed with small knob woven into top and wrapped ring of flat bamboo forming lip which fits inside lid of jar; r…
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- Title
- Lidded Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1935
- Material
- wood; paper
- Dimensions
- 10.9 x 9.6 cm
- Description
- A small coiled basket in shape of jar (or closed bowl) with lid; stitches wrap around two coils at a time proceeding upward on a diagonal; wrapped bamboo coils at base forms foot; lid is domed with small knob woven into top and wrapped ring of flat bamboo forming lip which fits inside lid of jar; remnant of brown and red paper label glued to one side with East Asian writing; very sturdy, not flexible; coil structure shows through stitching.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- storage
- collectable
- travel
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.0008
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Souvenir Spoon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.20.1142
- Date
- 1893
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1142
- Description
- One sterling souvenir spoon from the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, Illinois in 1893. The front of the spoon has, in relief: a head surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath on the tip of the handle, underneath that “WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION”, Maritime emblems on the handle, and a ship at sea on…
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- Title
- Souvenir Spoon
- Date
- 1893
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- One sterling souvenir spoon from the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago, Illinois in 1893. The front of the spoon has, in relief: a head surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath on the tip of the handle, underneath that “WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION”, Maritime emblems on the handle, and a ship at sea on the bowl. On the back, on the tip of the handle, is a circle of laurel leaves, inside the wreath a king wearing a crown, below crossed swords, underneath that a globe with “1492 1893”, below that a circle with “ THE WORLD’S COLUMBIA EXPOSITION SEAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS”, under that “STERLING”.
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1142
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