Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1974.083.002ab |
Object Name |
Basket, Household |
Title |
First Nations-Made Laundry Basket |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
Early 20th-century? |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Georgian Bay area? |
Description |
A woven wood splint indigenously made basket (a) with lid (b). Because of its age, there is a slight lean to the basket. The lid has a wood fibre ring worked into its central top area, to provide a lift ring, in case the fitted lid was stuck to the basket. |
Provenance |
Likely owned by Daniel W. Proctor, formerly of Walkerton (Bruce County) who used to travel to Georgian Bay areas in the course of his work in conjunction with the Keenan Bros. sawmill industry of Owen Sound, Grey County, around 1920. He was a lumber dealer for the firm, and knew some First Nations people. There were also First Nations basket peddlars who visited Owen Sound and area from the Cape Croker and Saugeen reserves in the early 20th-century, so that is another potential source for this basket. Last owned by his maternal grand-daughter, Helen Evans (neé Hindman), who formerly lived in Owen Sound and Sarnia. Mrs. Evan's mother was Edith Blanche Proctor, who was born in 1893. Blanche married George Hindman. Their children were Helen Hindman and Howard Hindman. |
Collection |
First Nations, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood Fibre (splints) |
Dimensions |
H-55.5 Dia-27.4 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Evans, Helen Hindman, George Proctor, Daniel |
Subjects |
Baskets First Nations of Central Canada Basket making |
Search Terms |
Ojibwa (Anishnaabe, Anishnibeg) |
Function |
Baskets of this shape were often used as laundry baskets in households. |