Basket Item Number: Nbz791 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled basket with a foot and split stitching over slat foundation. Vertical imbricated design on each side in light yellow-brown and light red-brown. Beading on the rim, the foot, and the body. Loopwork around the rim of the basket. Bottom has parallel coils.
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
- Nbz791
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, grass, cedar root and cedar wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled, imbricated and beaded
- Overall
- height 12.1 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 11.8 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
- Accession Number
- 0452/0054