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basket
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lid
Object Type
basket
lid
Museum number
Am1979,22.40.a-b
Description
Twined cylindrical cedar bark basket with straight sides and a lid with knob; decorated with false embroidered designs maidenhair fern.
Producer name
Made by:
Mrs. Lillian Buchert
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Tsimshian
Made by:
Northwest Coast Peoples
Production place
Made in:
New Metlakatla
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Jonathan C H King
(British Museum Ethnography Dept. staff)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
New Metlakatla
Materials
cedar bark
maidenhair fern leaf
Technique
twined (basketry)
Dimensions
Diameter:
4.10 centimetres
Height:
4.40 centimetres
Curator's comments
Register 1979: North America, Northwest Coast. Tsimshian, New Metlakatila.
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mrs. Lillian Buchert
Acquisition date
1979
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1979,22.40.a-b