Basket Item Number: Nd563 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Two sided oblong coiled basket with foot. Watch spring base construction. Imbricated design of large dark cherry bark crosses, filled-in with bear grass except center. Three on each side. Foot is beaded with red and black cherry bark. Perforations along rim indicate basket may have had a double looped border.
Narrative
Collected by Henry Castillou from 1910 to 1965.
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
- Nd563
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- bear grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 9.7 cm, width 24.5 cm, depth 15.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0107/0077