Basket

Item number Nd594 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Part (a) Urn shaped coiled cedar basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b) with handles. Watch-spring base construction. Lid has single loop rim on outer edge and double raised handle at center. Four imbricated vertical bands with mirror image triangles and center line. Bands alternate between yellow cherry bark outline with dark cherry bark centers, and dark cherry bark outlines and cat-tail grass (?) centers. Tip of motif is continued on lid.

History Of Use

A gradual change occurred in Salish basketry from the 1820's to the 1940's with the decline of utilitarian basket making and the increase in decorated baskets, made for sale.

Specific Techniques

Beading and imbrications are used individually and jointly as a means of ornamenting coiled basketry. When finished, ordinary beading looks like a ribbon drawn along the coil after it has been sewn over and under the stitches. A line of imbricated stitches has the appearance of a row of tiny overlapping shingles, only the edges lie vertically, not horizontally.