Basket
Item number A17098 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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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
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Ruth M. Jones before 1970
- Owned by Soroptomist Club of Vancouver before August 1972
- Received from Soroptomist Club of Vancouver (Donor) during August 1972
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
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Previous Owner
- Ruth M. Jones and Soroptomist Club of Vancouver
- Received from
- Soroptomist Club of Vancouver (Donor)
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
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