Basket Item Number: Nd572 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with two-coil foot as base. Imbricated geometric zig-zag design outlined in dark cherry bark, with bear grass next and red cherry bark in the middle. Crosses appear at each peak; lower peaks have dark cherry bark crosses with bear grass center, and upper peaks have red cherry bark center. Foot is beaded with red and black cherry bark.
Iconographic Meaning
The design on this basket represents a mountain with a star on top according to Nlaka'pamux Elder Shirley Sterling.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage
Item History
- Made by Theresa Klama Voght ? (Maker) in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada before 1910
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd572
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- bear grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, imbricated and beaded
- Overall
- height 11.5 cm, diameter 15.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Creator
- Theresa Klama Voght ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1910
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0107/0072