Basket Item Number: Nd692 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large round openwork basket with foot, consisting of 5 rows of wide slats covered with cedar strips, alternating with 4 rows of loop work. Bottom is watch-spring coiled with bifurcated stitches. Beading at top edge in dark cherry bark. Beading on wrapped slats were checkerboard squares in dark or red cherry bark, but have mostly come off. Most of the loop work around the rim is missing. Foot is beaded with two rows of dark cherry bark with wide grass in between.
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
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd692
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, grass, cherry bark, cedar wood and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, woven and beaded
- Overall
- height 19.8 cm, diameter 38.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- 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
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0452/0048