Basket
Item number A8463 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Cylindrical flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with single looped border and foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of flower, in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and leaf or fern frond (?), in red cherry bark. Foot has two rows of cat-tail(?) grass beading.
Narrative
Footed base could indicate that it was made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C.?
Iconographic Meaning
The brown flower pattern is thought to be a chocolate lily; the bulb of this flower is edible and the flower, when dried is used in Indian pudding.
The white flower pattern is thought to be a 'spring beauty,' of which the tubers are known as 'Indian potatoes.'
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
- A8463
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, openwork and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.3 cm, diameter 18.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. A. C. Whitley and Paul Whitley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during 1964
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0115/0022
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