Burden Basket Item Number: X854.1 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
The object is a coiled rectangular burden basket that tapers toward the base. It is decorated with animal forms and geometric designs in natural blonde and dyed red plant fiber. Under the zigzag design panel at the top of the basket, a reinforcing wood strip is partially broken with a section of approximately six inches missing. The broken ends of the strip were secured to the basket with linen thread by conservation. A buckskin handle or carrying strap is attached to one side of the basket. The handle on the other side was broken off and is missing with nothing but two end loops of skin remaining. The overall condition of the object is fair and stable. Some of the coiled ribs are abraded.
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Item History
- Made between 1900 and 1925
What
- Name
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- X854.1
- Type of Item
- burden basket
- Material
- plant fibre, pigment ?, dye ? and buckskin
- Overall
- length 9.5 in, width 14.75 in, height 11.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Tsilhqot'in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1925
Other
- Classification
- Carrier