BASKET

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

BASKET

Entry/Object ID

143/5230

Description

TWINED/ GEO DESIGN/LID

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Archipelago

Haida Gwaii

State/Province

British Columbia

Country

Canada

Culture/Tribe

Haida
Native American, First Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Diameter

4 in

Parts

Count

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Provenance

Notes

NOTE: "HAIDA BASKET, VERY RARE, FROM QUEEN CHARLOTTE ARCHIPELAGO, B.C, THE OLD HOME OF THE HAIDA, THE OLDEST TRIBE IN ALASKA. THE. OLD HAIDA ARE ALL DEAD AND THE ART OF MAKING THIS WEAVE IS LOST. THE GREE STRIPES ARE OBTAINED FROM MINERAL DYE, AND IS A GENUINE OLD HAIDA COLOR." MRS. FROHMAN PARTIAL DOC. RLC/TT