Covered Abalone Basket

Name/Title

Covered Abalone Basket

Entry/Object ID

1977. .048

Description

Basketry covered abalone shell. Post Contact, annaline dyed seagrass. Bottom centre - three rows of diagonal crosses, purple, red and green. Around this, alternate white, purple and green lines - openwork band. "Uclulet, B.C." woven on one side in brown. Probably used as trade good.

Acquisition

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jan-77 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

covered abalone basket

Created By

Garnham, Peter

Create Date

January 12, 1995

Update Date

June 17, 2023