Basket Item Number: A17098 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Natural coiled cedar root storage basket (part a) with a lid (part c) and a handle (part b). Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches on the sides. Parallel slat bottom and lid (sewn at edges), and a single slat, coiled foot. Cross-stitched border to the lid. Red and black geometric pattern. The lid (part c) has a large red and inner black triangle-diamond shape formed of single, unattached imbrication. Additional black stitches at the edges. The basket (part a) front and back have two detached tri-colour figures, a diamond shape above an outward curling v shape, with vertical tri-colour bands on each side. The sides have two tri-colour chevron figures on each side. The basket (part a) has two handles, one of which is attached and the other of which is detached (part b).

History Of Use

storage

Cultural Context

basketry; storage; plant technology

Item History

What

Name
Basket
Identification Number
A17098 a-c
Type of Item
basket
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, dye and cedar root
Manufacturing Technique
coiled and imbricated
Overall
height 38.5 cm, width 68.5 cm, depth 36.4 cm
Part A
height 38.5 cm, width 68.5 cm, depth 36.4 cm
Part B
height 7.7 cm, width 13.8 cm, depth 1.8 cm
Part C
height 3.4 cm, width 57.4 cm, depth 34.4 cm

Who

Culture
Coast Salish
Previous Owner
Ruth M. Jones and Soroptomist Club of Vancouver
Received from
Soroptomist Club of Vancouver (Donor)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
British Columbia, Canada

When

Ownership Date
before 1970 and before August 1972
Acquisition Date
during August 1972

Other

Item Classes
basketry
Condition
fair
Current Location
Case 4
Accession Number
0208/0005 a-c