Basket Item Number: A17089 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches). Watchspring base construction. Fully imbricated in canary grass, with two dark cherry bark bands with diamonds, red cherry bark in the centre.
Iconographic Meaning
Diamonds are a design used by the Nlaka'pamux to represent good luck.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; plant technology
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Ethlyn Trapp before August 1972
- Received from Ethlyn Trapp (Donor) during August 1972
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A17089
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, dye and canary grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- imbricated, dyed and coiled
- Overall
- height 12.0 cm, diameter 23.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Ethlyn Trapp
- Received from
- Ethlyn Trapp (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 4
- Accession Number
- 0210/0006