Basket
Item number A8485 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Flared cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with short foot and looped handles from top row of coils. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design in two staggered rows of diamond shapes, alternating between black cherry bark outline, then cat-tail grass (?), and red cherry bark at center, and red cherry bark outline with cat-tail grass (?) and a dark cherry bark center. Top row of imbrication near rim alternating between red cherry bark stitches and dark cherry bark stitches. Foot has the same configuration as near rim.
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
- A8485
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 14.0 cm, diameter 19.5 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
- Accession Number
- 0115/0015
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