Shopping Basket Item Number: Nbz703 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with two handles. Parallel wood slat base and wall construction. Overcast rim with root bundle foundation. Two loops, formed from the top row, are present on each of the longer sides. Two overcast handles are attached across the width of the basket to these loops. The basket is decorated with four rows of imbrication: a red row followed by a black row and then two more red ones.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; plant technology
Item History
- Made by Mary Charlie ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada before 1915
- Collected by Hannah Young between 1912 and 1915
- Owned by Margaret Dorothy Stewart and Hannah Young
- Owned by Oswald John Stewart before February 16, 1977
- Received from Oswald John Stewart (Donor) on February 16, 1977
What
- Name
- Shopping Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz703
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, wood, dye and cherry bark
- Overall
- height 21.5 cm, width 36.7 cm, depth 22.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Mary Charlie ? (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Hannah Young
- Previous Owner
- Margaret Dorothy Stewart, Hannah Young and Oswald John Stewart
- Received from
- Oswald John Stewart (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1915
- Collection Date
- between 1912 and 1915
- Ownership Date
- before February 16, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on February 16, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 0358/0011