Basket Item Number: Nd599 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) cylindrical coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) (a) with lid (part b). Imbrication and beading and watch spring coiling. Lid is raised at centre. Bottom rim is beaded intermittently in cherry bark. Bottom of basket is imbricated in geometric design; sides are decorated with leaf-shaped motifs, 4 pair, alternating red and white with black and white. Lid has 4 sets of imbricated triangle motifs, alternating red and black. Centre of lid has beaded and imbricated circles.
History Of Use
A gradual change is seen in Salish basketry traditions from the 1820's to the 1940's with the decline of utilitarian basket making and the increase in decorated baskets, made for sale.
Cultural Context
made for sale
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Frankie Robinson Enterprises Ltd. before October 16, 1978
- Received from Frankie Robinson Enterprises Ltd. (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on October 16, 1978
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd599 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, grass, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, imbricated and beaded
- Part B
- height 6.5 cm, diameter 25.3 cm
- Part A
- height 25.8 cm, diameter 26.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Frankie Robinson Enterprises Ltd.
- Received from
- Frankie Robinson Enterprises Ltd. (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 16, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on October 16, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0491/0011 a-b