Shifting Basket

Name

Shifting Basket

Type

ethnographic

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation
Elizabeth Colwell

Spatial Coverage

Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07-22

Description

Sifting basket made by Elizabeth Colwell (spelling in Jones' notes: Caldwell), daughter of Mrs. George Shogonosh. Bottom weaved on lap from above -- same weave as Mrs. Greenbird. Sides woven in usual way. Bottom is loose hexagonal weave, top is circular (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).

Identifier

UMMAA 13993

Collector

Volney Jones and Mrs. Hyman (Ada) Smith

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Site pages
Shogonosh Family