Burden Basket
Item number 1719/32 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
A rectangular coiled imprecated basket made from cedar wood sewn with split cedar root. Rectangular design formed by cherry bark.
Iconographic Meaning
The "C" shaped designs on this basket are thought to represent heads with open mouths. The lines extending out of the longer sides are representative of hair. See Livingston Farrand's "Basketry Designs of the Salish Indians", 1900.
Narrative
Anna Billy (Squamish - Mount Currie) noted that this basket could be the work of her grandmother Julia Peters? Julia Peters lived near Skookumchuck (Skatin, south of Lillooet Lake) at one time, where this basket reportedly originated.
Item History
- Made by Julia Peters ? (Maker) in Skatin, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Thord Fougberg
- Owned by Margaret Fougberg before March 11, 1997
- Received from Margaret Fougberg (Donor) on March 11, 1997
What
- Name
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- 1719/32
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, dye, cotton fibre, cedar wood, grass ? and cherry bark
- Overall
- height 14.0 in, width 17.3 in, depth 21.2598 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Skatin, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Julia Peters ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Thord Fougberg and Margaret Fougberg
- Received from
- Margaret Fougberg (Donor)
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 11, 1997
- Acquisition Date
- on March 11, 1997
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 1719/0032
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