Basket Item Number: Nbz818 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small, rectangular coiled cedar root basket (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Parallel slat base for the wall and lid construction. Decorated with beading and imbrication. Beading in red cherry bark on the lid (part b), in two columns, and along the top and the bottom edges of the basket (part a). Two vertical design panels on each of the long sides and one on each end of the basket (part a). These panels are imbricated in canary grass and red cherry bark with the canary grass forming the background and the bark creating large X-shaped designs. The panels are also outlined in red cherry bark also.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; economic activity
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1910
- Owned by Alan R. Sawyer before December 9, 1983
- Received from Alan R. Sawyer (Donor) on December 9, 1983
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz818 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, wood and canary grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.0 cm, width 23.5 cm, depth 14.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Previous Owner
- Alan R. Sawyer
- Received from
- Alan R. Sawyer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before December 9, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on December 9, 1983
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 5
- Accession Number
- 0922/0005 a-b