Basket
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Indigenous Ontario
Medium
Birchbark
Geography
Fort Albany, Ontario
Date
1678-1720
Period
17th-18th centuries
Dimensions
25 x 20 x 9 cm
Object number
970.391.2378
Credit Line
[Not required]
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
This birch basket was found inside House No.1 of Fort Albany, a historic Hudson’s Bay trading post in James Bay. This item was constructed from a single square piece of birch cut on all four corners. There is an indication of previous stitching that once held the basket together.
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