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Inconnu / Unknown
InscriptionsLabel from The Canadian Handicrafts Guild:
Unfinished basket with frame showing method of work.
Made by Cowishan woman at Duncan's Vancouver Island, 1910
Material - Cedar warp wrapped with grass from De...? Lake
Design: Evidently suggested by the numerous geese in the village.
Yellow dye - Obtained from the Oregon Grape, a kind of Barberay.
Date
1910
Medium / Technique
Bark: cedar; plant: bear grass; metal; fibre; dye
Dimensions23.5 x 26.4 x 9.8 cm
ClassificationDistribution & Transportation Objects - Containers
CultureIndigenous: Coast Salish, Quwutsun'
Origin
Duncan's, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Geocultural Area
Northwest Coast
Object NumberACC1769
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Art Association of Montreal
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