Basket Item Number: Nbz691 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, coiled basket with foot; slat foundation and split stitches. The basket is lined with yellow dotted Swiss cotton. Twelve diamonds are imbricated on the sides in black, red-brown, and light yellow-brown. Black beading around foot and red-brown around rim. Closely twisted loop work around rim. Attached loops include one double cotton cloth, two single cotton cloth and one covered in cedar.
History Of Use
Traditionally, baskets were used for a variety of domestic purposes, but starting in the mid-19th century, many basketry goods were made as sale items to provide a source of cash income.
Cultural Context
cash economy; craft market
Item History
- Made in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, 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
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz691
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood, cotton fibre, cherry bark, grass and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, beaded, sewn, imbricated and coiled
- Overall
- height 14.4 cm, width 46.1 cm, depth 27.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- Margaret Gill and Helen Gill
- Received from
- Helen Gill (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, 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
- good
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 0452/0041