Flower Basket Item Number: Nbz692 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small round basket with a coiled slat foundation. Rim has two loops and braided cedar bark as decoration. Red cherry bark beading in three horizontal bands decorate the body of the basket with broken up horizontal beading around the foot of the basket.
History Of Use
Identified as a flower basket by basket makers from Mount Currie.
Narrative
Mount Currie basket makers said that this basket had once belonged to the Walkin family.
Item History
- Made in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada before 1950
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Flower Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz692
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood, cedar root and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, braided and beaded
- Overall
- height 15.5 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (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 1950
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0107/0100