Fishing Creel Item Number: Nbz676 a-e from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Oval-shaped basket with lid. Coiled on slat foundation. Foundation has large checkerboard-like look but is plain weaving done over alternate slats. Sides are coiled and completely imbricated with yellow tule background, and red and black zigzag design. Two lid sections are connected in the middle and open inward, attached to a centre coiled zigzag-like structure which separates the two halves of the basket. The lids are plain weave over slats. Solid wood handle is wrapped with cedar and cherry bark with tule inlay.
History Of Use
Fishing creel
Item History
- Made by Josephine Charlie ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada during 1900
- 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
- Fishing Creel
- Identification Number
- Nbz676 a-e
- Type of Item
- creel
- Material
- cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark and tule grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and woven
- Overall
- height 17.5 cm, width 32.0 cm, depth 44.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Josephine Charlie ? (Maker)
- 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
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1900
- 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 34
- Accession Number
- 0299/0001 a-e