Sewing Basket Item Number: Nbz814 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical coiled cedar root basket (a) with lid (b). Parallel wood slat construction on base and lid. Basket completely covered in imbrication: black and red zigzag design on white canary grass background. Beading is present on both the edge of the lid and the base of the basket. Small red and black design elements decorate the lid.
History Of Use
According to Sto:lo basket makers, Rosaleen George and Elizabeth Herrling, this basket is the type that would be used by a woman as a work basket. They suggest that it would have been a sewing basket, a place for keeping needles and other notions.
Narrative
Stylistically this basket appears to be from either the Coast or perhaps the Stl'atl'imx; Lillooet region.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1910
- Collected during 1910
- Owned by Alan R. Sawyer before December 9, 1983
- Received from Alan R. Sawyer (Donor) on December 9, 1983
What
- Name
- Sewing Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz814 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, wood, canary grass, cherry bark and dye
- Overall
- height 19.0 cm, diameter 24.5 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
- Creation Date
- before 1910
- 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
- 0922/0001 a-b