Basket Item Number: Nd568 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Cylindrical coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches) with lid (b). Cherry bark imbrication in diagonal lines around sides of basket. Coiled lid has cedar bark slat and coil covered flange and a coiled knob handle in lid's centre. Cherry bark imbrication in curved lines begins at knob and extends to rim of lid.
Iconographic Meaning
The design on this basket represents never-ending life according to Nlaka'pamux Elder Mary Jane Joe.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage
Item History
- Made by Theresa Klama Voght ? (Maker) in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada before 1910
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd568 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part B
- height 4.5 cm, diameter 16.7 cm
- Part A
- height 8.5 cm, diameter 16.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Creator
- Theresa Klama Voght ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1910
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0107/0068 a-b