Storage Basket Item Number: A6950 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round coiled cedar root basket (part a) with lid (part b). Parallel slat base construction with indented slat flange on the basket body and the slat foot. Basket (part a) has overcast handles (one missing). Decorated with imbrication and beading in cherry bark and white grass. Design consists of rows of large and widely spaced modified diamond figures. Lid (part b) has watch-spring construction with a three point star design.
Cultural Context
economic activity; storage; plant technology
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Florence Fyfe-Smith before 1951
- Received from Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor) during 1951
What
- Name
- Storage Basket
- Identification Number
- A6950 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, wood, grass, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, imbricated and coiled
- Part A
- height 30.0 cm, diameter 47.5 cm
- Overall
- height 30.0 cm, diameter 47.5 cm
- Part B
- height 3.8 cm, diameter 45.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Previous Owner
- Florence Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 4