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Object Type
basket
Museum number
Am1984,04.38.a-b
Description
Circular lidded basket [a], of red cedar bark, begining in 3x3 checkerweave on the base, then raphia, then at the sides twined cedar bark, with four white duck in bear grass on the sides and further geometric decoration in bear grass on the edge and in the centre of the lid [b].
Producer name
Made by:
Isabel Ides
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Makah
Made by:
Northwest Coast Peoples
Production date
1983
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Jonathan C H King
(British Museum Ethnography Department staff; field collection)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Washington (state)
Materials
red cedar bark
raffia palm leaf
bear grass
Technique
twined (basketry)
Dimensions
Diameter:
4 centimetres
Height:
3.50 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Condition
Good.
Acquisition date
1984
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1984,04.38.a-b