Lunch Basket
Item number A8447 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Basket with cedar root slat foundation and coiled elements of cedar rootlet. Lid is attached with rawhide thongs. Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches with a parallel slat base and lid. Base with graduated parallel reinforcement stitches, and lid with one continuous slat around circumference. Decorated with beading in red and black-dyed cherry bark. Base has flange and is decorated with partial beading. The partial beading consists of vertical groupings of diamond shapes, each consisting of four smaller diamond shapes. There are three groupings, which alternate red/black, on the lid and front and back sides of the basket (one on each edge side).
History Of Use
According to Sto:lo basket makers this is the type of basket that would have been used for picnics or for packing lunches into.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage
Iconographic Meaning
The designs that decorate the surface of this basket are known as cluster of flies.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1910
- Collected in Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada 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
- Lunch Basket
- Identification Number
- A8447
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, skin and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, reinforced and imbricated
- Overall
- height 24.1 cm, width 45.7 cm, depth 22.9 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. A. C. Whitley and Paul Whitley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1910
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during 1964
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 0115/0025
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