Basket Item Number: A8459 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled, footed basket with bifurcated stitches. Imbricated vertical design of alternating rows of red and dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass(?). Watch-spring base construction. Repeated parallel holes on surface of rim indicates basket may have had a loop border. Light coloured grass used for beaded imbrication around the foot of the basket.
Narrative
White beaded imbrication at the base of baskets is a style used by basket maker(s) from Spuzzum.
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
- A8459
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.0 cm, diameter 23.5 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
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0115/0016