Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook

A woven melon shaped rib basket constructed from spruce root. The basket is about 50 years old. It is thought to have been owned by a nurse employed at the International Grenfell Association. The basket has two 10 inch oval hoops tied together with line (rim and handle) and twelve tapered flat stake...

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Main Authors: Jarvis, Dale, Penney Nicole
Other Authors: Helga Gillard
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Objects
Baskets
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1419
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_crafts/1419 2023-12-31T10:17:22+01:00 Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook Jarvis, Dale Penney Nicole Helga Gillard Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Main Brook Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Corner Brook 2012-03-17 image/jpeg http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1419 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Skills to Produce Traditional Crafts http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1419 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Objects Baskets Still Image Photograph 2012 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z A woven melon shaped rib basket constructed from spruce root. The basket is about 50 years old. It is thought to have been owned by a nurse employed at the International Grenfell Association. The basket has two 10 inch oval hoops tied together with line (rim and handle) and twelve tapered flat stakes (the wood for these would have been hand carved by the weaver). The ears are woven with spruce root and the hoops are bound together by weaving the ears or God's Eye (the diamond shape). The maker of this basket is unknown as the basket was acquired by Gillard's family through a sale of property in Englee, NL. Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic Objects
Baskets
spellingShingle Objects
Baskets
Jarvis, Dale
Penney Nicole
Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook
topic_facet Objects
Baskets
description A woven melon shaped rib basket constructed from spruce root. The basket is about 50 years old. It is thought to have been owned by a nurse employed at the International Grenfell Association. The basket has two 10 inch oval hoops tied together with line (rim and handle) and twelve tapered flat stakes (the wood for these would have been hand carved by the weaver). The ears are woven with spruce root and the hoops are bound together by weaving the ears or God's Eye (the diamond shape). The maker of this basket is unknown as the basket was acquired by Gillard's family through a sale of property in Englee, NL.
author2 Helga Gillard
format Still Image
author Jarvis, Dale
Penney Nicole
author_facet Jarvis, Dale
Penney Nicole
author_sort Jarvis, Dale
title Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook
title_short Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook
title_full Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook
title_fullStr Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook
title_full_unstemmed Melon shaped rib basket, Main Brook
title_sort melon shaped rib basket, main brook
publishDate 2012
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1419
op_coverage Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Main Brook
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Corner Brook
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
op_relation Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Skills to Produce Traditional Crafts
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