Basket Item Number: A8458 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Vase shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches)with short foot. Watch-spring construction. Three rows of imbricated geometric scroll pattern in cat-tail grass and either red and black cherry bark. May have had a looped border on top of the rim at one point.
Cultural Context
basketry; plant technology; storage
Item History
- Made in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada before 1910
- 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
- A8458
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled, overcast and imbricated
- Overall
- height 26.0 cm, diameter 23.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- 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
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, 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 34
- Accession Number
- 0115/0017