Basket Item Number: A6705 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with foot and lid (part b). Parallel slat foundation with simple interlocking coiled work. Base with oblique and lid with perpendicular reinforcement stitches. Base has single slat foot and indented flange. Decorated with partial imbrication and beading.
Iconographic Meaning
The parallel sets of lines on this basket represent a mountain chain.
Item History
- Made by Matilda Jim ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada between 1900 and 1950
- Owned by Florence Fyfe-Smith before 1951
- Received from Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor) during 1951
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A6705
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark and canary grass
- Overall
- height 19.0 cm, width 46.0 cm, depth 24.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Matilda Jim ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Florence Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1950
- Ownership Date
- before 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 34