Basket Item Number: Nbz695 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, coiled basket with a foot and a twined loop work rim. Sides and bottom are constructed over slat foundation with split stitches. Foot and row below loop work are beaded in red-brown. Imbricated with geometric designs in black, red-brown, and light yellow-brown with inward pointing arrow-like shapes at either long side and an x formation at either short end.
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 by Cecile Smith ? (Maker) 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
- Nbz695
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, grass, cedar root and cedar wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, beaded, imbricated, twined and coiled
- Overall
- height 17.0 cm, width 27.0 cm, depth 21.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Cecile Smith ? (Maker)
- 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
- 0452/0042