Basket Item Number: Nbz705 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large rectangular basket (part a) with a lid (part b) made of slat construction. Basket has a 2 cm foot. Decorated with an imbricated downward pointing arrowhead design in black and red cherry bark, three on each long side and one on each short end. White grass decorates four sides of the basket. Top slat coil has red cherry bark beading and a 2 cm lip. Sides of the lid (part b) have black cherry bark beading and the top has black cherry bark arrowhead imbrication.
Iconographic Meaning
This type of plant design is fairly uncommon. Other baskets with this design have been attributed to the Cultus Lake area, Chilliwack and Musqueam. The late Sto:lo Elder Rosaleen George said she had been given a tree design from an Aunt at Musqueam. (She was related to the Point family.) According to Sto:lo basket maker Rena Point Bolton when a basket maker uses large quantities of red in the ornamentation, especially near the rim, the basket may have been made for a daughter or granddaughter. The use of large quantities of red is indicative of love for a female relative.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1965
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz705 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar bark, grass and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, beaded and imbricated
- Overall
- height 31.0 cm, width 54.0 cm, depth 28.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1965
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 4
- Accession Number
- 0107/0097 a-b