Basket

Item number A8474 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Small coil basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid and handle. Watch-spring base and lid construction, indented flange on lid. Coiled handle attached with coiled elements on body. Foot of two coiled rows. Imbricated pattern on shoulder of basket in zig-zag shape in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Sides have bands of alternating dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?). Foot has red cherry bark beading. Lid has flower shaped imbrication of one row each red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?).

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