Lunch Basket Item Number: A6420 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular basket with domed lid. Coiled cedar root with bifurcated stitches and parallel slat base construction. Basket has flange. Lid is convex and decorated with beaded design in white, black and red. Body of basket decorated with star designs. Lid attaches to basket with four rawhide thongs and two rawhide hinges.
Iconographic Meaning
This basket features a star pattern.
Item History
- Made by Josephine Charlie ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada before 1950
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Mrs. G. H. Ashwell
- Owned by Mrs. W. M. Ivel before February 15, 1954
- Received from Mrs. W. M. Ivel (Donor) on February 15, 1954
What
- Name
- Lunch Basket
- Identification Number
- A6420
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, rawhide skin, tule grass and cherry bark
- Overall
- height 23.0 cm, width 40.5 cm, depth 19.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Josephine Charlie ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. G. H. Ashwell and Mrs. W. M. Ivel
- Received from
- Mrs. W. M. Ivel (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 1950
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before February 15, 1954
- Acquisition Date
- on February 15, 1954
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 2001/0017