Basket Item Number: A8461 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Small flared rim coiled basket (wtih bifurcated stitches) with loop work base and lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of three rows, one on upper rim, two below rim, of red cherry bark with three dark cherry bark at intervals. Domed lid has one row of same.
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
- A8461
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled, overcast, loopwork and imbricated
- Part A
- height 7.3 cm, diameter 13.5 cm
- Part B
- height 2.5 cm, diameter 10.0 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
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 0115/0037