Storage Basket Item Number: Nbz690 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, coiled storage basket (part a) with a foot and a fitted lid (part b). Slat foundation, split stitching, and five horizontal geometric zig zag lines imbricated in a design in black, light red-brown, and light yellow-brown. Foot has light red-brown beading. Lid (part b) has light yellow-brown beading on the rim and light red-brown on the edge and the top.
History Of Use
Traditionally, baskets were used for a variety of domestic purposes, but starting in the mid-19th century, most basketry goods were made as sale items to provide a source of cash income.
Cultural Context
cash economy; craft market
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1916
- Collected between 1905 and 1916
- Owned by Margaret Gill
- Owned by Helen Gill before April 20, 1978
- Received from Helen Gill (Donor) on April 20, 1978
What
- Name
- Storage Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz690 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- beaded, imbricated, coiled and dyed
- Overall
- height 34.0 cm, width 61.0 cm, depth 38.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Margaret Gill and Helen Gill
- Received from
- Helen Gill (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1916
- Collection Date
- between 1905 and 1916
- Ownership Date
- before April 20, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on April 20, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0452/0036