Storage Basket Item Number: A8454 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Storage basket with foot on base, and handles. The basket is made with a cedar root splint foundation and coiled cedar root. It is decorated with imbrication in cat-tail grass as well as red and black cherry bark. Cedar root slats for flange and foot. Slat foot and top edge of coil trimmed with black and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass imbrication. The design consists of vertical bands of black triangles on off-white with red borders on the sides, and groups of five black squares assembled in lines on the top of the lid with a row of groups of two black squares at either end. One row of beading along top edge and bottom foot. The lid currently on the basket may not be original to this basket? (Lid # A6708).
History Of Use
This basket is a storage basket. It is made in an older style with rounded edges near the rim. The presence of a foot on the bottom of the basket is a device which prolongs the life of the basket, since it protects the bottom from abrasion.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage
Iconographic Meaning
This basket features an arrowhead design arranged in vertical rows.
Narrative
According to the accession files this is one of several baskets collected by the previous owner's mother, circa 1900. He notes that her baskets were acquired in the Fraser River area, near the towns of Ashcroft, Lytton and Agassiz.
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
- Storage Basket
- Identification Number
- A8454
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, dye, fibre and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 36.8 cm, width 61.0 cm, depth 33.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast 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
- Collected in
- Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
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
- 0115/0048