Basket Item Number: Nd607 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small, coiled, flaring rectangular basket with loop border and coiled handle. Handle is looped onto small coiled loop on basket with string foundation. Slat base and slat foundation body. Basket has a foot. Imbricated geometric square design in dark cherry bark and light brown grass. Red and dark cherry bark beading decorate foot.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1965
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd607
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cotton fibre, grass, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, imbricated, dyed and beaded
- Overall
- height 19.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 18.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1965
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0107/0103