Basket Item Number: A8468 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with looped border and short foot. Slat base construction. Imbricated design near rim of solid row of alternating double stitches of cat-tail grass (?), dark and red cherry bark. Three rows of alternating checkerboard diamonds in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot has bottom row of imbrication of three alternating stitches in red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?).
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1910
- Owned by Mrs. A. C. Whitley
- Owned by Paul Whitley before 1964
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller) during 1964
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A8468
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, imbricated and coiled
- Overall
- height 13.7 cm, width 28.5 cm, depth 17.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. A. C. Whitley and Paul Whitley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during 1964
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0115/0004