Basket

Item number A3500 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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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.