Basketry Canoe Item Number: Nd574 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Canoe shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with single coil seat inside the canoe; has small prow with single coil loop extending from below prow to base of basket. The top rim is braided with grass. Imbricated pattern in three rows of three stitch intervals, alternating between red and black cherry bark.
History Of Use
According to Nlak'pamux Elder Shirley Sterling this basket may have been a toy boat. There are stains in the center where a small figure could have sat. A note submitted with basket by Judge Castillou reads: The body of the salmon is only the canoe. White man always wonders why salmon always go back where it is born. The two headed spirit takes the canoe back where fish was born. Note the single seat for the two headed spirit-serpent to ride. Lakaplan, Fraser River.
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
- Basketry Canoe
- Identification Number
- Nd574
- Type of Item
- canoe
- Material
- grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, imbricated and braided
- Overall
- height 6.3 cm, width 35.0 cm, depth 13.0 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
- 0107/0074