Basket Item Number: Nd558 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small round coiled cedar root basket (with bifurcated stitches) with foot and double looped border at rim. Decorated with an imbricated arrowhead variant design in black-dyed cherry bark, red cherry bark and tule (?) grass.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; economic activity
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
- Nd558
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- tule grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 8.5 cm, diameter 13.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- 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
- Accession Number
- 0299/0010