Basket Item Number: Nbz789 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, coiled basket with a foot. Handles are 36 and 37 cm. long, respectively. Split stitching over slat foundation and rows of cherry bark and grass beading. Design consists of the following from top to bottom: a row of white-yellow; a triple row of black; a triple row of white-yellow; a triple row of red; plain; a triple row of white-yellow; a triple row of black; plain, a triple row of white-yellow; a triple row of red; a triple row of white-yellow; and plain. Foot is beaded with dark red-brown cherry bark.
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
Specific Techniques
This style of foot apparently originated about 1800 and was developed to protect the bottom of the basket from wear.
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
- Nbz789
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood, cherry bark, cotton fibre, grass and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled and beaded
- Overall
- height 14.8 cm, width 30.7 cm, depth 17.0 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
- 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
- Accession Number
- 0452/0051