Basket Item Number: Nd556 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Round urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches) with handle and lid, part (b). Completely imbricated with tule grass and red and black cherry bark for a tree design. Broken, coiled handle. Lid has red cherry bark spoke-like motif on white imbricated background.
History Of Use
Post contact shape
Iconographic Meaning
Tree design used by Thompson people according to Sto:lo basket maker Joan Chapman.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1976
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Dorothy Ladner and Edna Ladner before April 12, 1976
- Received from Dorothy Ladner (Donor) and Edna Ladner (Donor) on April 12, 1976
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd556 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- tule grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 10.8 cm
- Part B
- height 3.6 cm, diameter 7.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Dorothy Ladner and Edna Ladner
- Received from
- Dorothy Ladner (Donor) and Edna Ladner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before April 12, 1976
- Acquisition Date
- on April 12, 1976
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 0299/0006 a-b