BASKET
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SOUVENIR BASKET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041138
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SOUVENIR BASKET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.2
- Length
- 16.5
- Width
- 13.5
- Description
- HANGING POUCH BASKET IS CARDBOARD BACK WITH TWO LEATHER WALLS SEWN TO IT WITH LEATHER CORDS. ON FRONT IS INDIGENOUS CHIEFS HEAD WITH EAGLE FEATHER HEADDRESS. ABOVE CHIEF'S HEAD IS "CALGARY" AND AT BOTTOM IS "CANADA". LEATHER IS TORN DOWN RIGHT FRONT SIDE AND EXTREMELY WORN ALL OVER. TWINE BINDING ACROSS BOTTOM IS TORN AS WELL.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- HANGING BASKET WAS USED BY DONOR'S FATHER IN HIS CHURCH OFFICE. ORIGIN UNKNOWN. REV. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041138
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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