Woven basket made from red cedar. The basket has been woven with bands of dyed fibre in yellow and orange. A central band of woven decoration depicts a bird with outstretched wings with a flighted arrow between its talons. The basket has two plaited handles. [FC 20/09/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woven basket made from red cedar. The basket has been woven with bands of dyed fibre in yellow and orange. A central band of woven decoration depicts a bird with outstretched wings with a flighted arrow between its talons. The basket has two plaited handles. [FC 20/09/2011]
Long description: Woven basket made from red cedar. The basket has been woven with bands of dyed fibre in yellow and orange. A central band of woven decoration depicts a bird with outstretched wings with a flighted arrow between its talons. The basket has two plaited handles. [FC 20/09/2011]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; N W Coast
Cultural groups: Nuu-chah-nulth
Person: Field collector Felicity Wood; PRM source Felicity Wood
Date
Acquisition information: Donated: 11/07/2011
Materials and processes: Material Cedar Bark Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Basketry, Process Dyed, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Height: max 195 mm, Width: max 115 mm, Length: max 330 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2011.42.18 Other numbers: 129
Research and responses: Notes from the donor: bought by GVW when on business in Canada. Marked: West Coast Nootka Indian Very unusual basket c 1930 [FC 20/09/2011]
Notes from the donor: Felicity Wood met her husband George Wood [1930 - 2000] when he [George] was General Manager for BP in Kuala Lumper [1980]. GVW later went on to be General Manager for BP's Indonesia office [Jakarta] and China office [Canton]. Most of the basket collected in the early 1980s sent back with household effects. [FC 19/09/2011]

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