Basket Item Number: A3500 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large rectangular flared coil basket (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass(?) and vertical rows of continuous zig-zag design alternating in red and dark cherry bark. Top row alternates in dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass(?). One row of cherry bark beading on rim of bottom.
History Of Use
Burden or storage basket.
Narrative
The maker of this basket is unknown. Names of individual basket makers were generally not recorded by collectors and because baskets were so widely and avidly collected, and have a long history as items made for trade or sale, determining their provenance often relies on comparisons with others typical of a region. This coiled cedar root basketry was made by the Stl’atl’imx, or Lillooet, although items can share aspects of form and construction with that of their Interior Salish neighbours, the Nlaka’pamux, and even of the Coast Salish. Within each regional style there are also variations influenced through exchange and trade, changing functions, and personal creativity.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1904
- Collected during 1904
- Owned by Mary G. Fyfe-Smith before June 15, 1951
- Received from Mary G. Fyfe-Smith (Donor) on June 15, 1951
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A3500
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 19.5 cm, width 35.3 cm, depth 25.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1904
- Collection Date
- during 1904
- Ownership Date
- before June 15, 1951
- Acquisition Date
- on June 15, 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32