Basket
Item number Nbz853 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Small, round, coiled cedar root basket with overcast handle. Handle forks into two, on each side, above rim of basket. Braided trim is used to finish the rim of the basket on either side of the handles. Watch-spring coiled foundation and wood slat walls. Red cherry bark beading along top edge, and red cherry bark and white canary grass imbricated designs decorate basket.
Cultural Context
basketry; contemporary art; tourist art
Narrative
Diane Billy was one of the students in a class on basket making taught by Margaret Lester at the Pemberton Museum in 1989. There were five students who lived together in an old house for the duration of the course and learned basket making Monday - Friday from nine to four between the months of May and October. Several of the baskets in the Fouberg donation came from this class. The Foubergs were involved with programming at the Pemberton Museum. Diane also made a cradle while she took this course, it was purchased by a couple from Fiji.
Item History
- Made by Diane Billy (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada during 1989
- Collected in Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Thord Fougberg
- Owned by Margaret Fougberg before March 11, 1997
- Received from Margaret Fougberg (Donor) on March 11, 1997
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nbz853
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- canary grass, cherry bark, cedar wood and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 6.1 in, diameter 4.5 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Squamish
- Creator
- Diane Billy (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Thord Fougberg and Margaret Fougberg
- Received from
- Margaret Fougberg (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- during 1989
- Ownership Date
- before March 11, 1997
- Acquisition Date
- on March 11, 1997
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 4
- Accession Number
- 1719/0006
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