Basket Item Number: A8455 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven coil basket with a flat, oval-shaped bottom, flaring sides and an open, rectangular top. Cedar root with imbrication in black and red cherry bark and bullrush. Coiled weave with three imbricated vertical bands of oblique lines (centremost band is red cherry and bulrush, two end bands are black cherry and bulrush) with one beaded band around bottom edge. "Half arrowhead" design. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Narrative
Collected by Mrs. A. C. Whitley.
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
- A8455
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled, woven and imbricated
- Overall
- height 23.0 cm, width 38.0 cm, depth 27.0 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
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0115/0049