Basket Item Number: A6709 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with double looped border. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with designs of two vertical rows on each long side of dark cherry bark triangles connected leaving a plain space of two diagonal stripes. One of these vertical rows on each short side.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Florence Fyfe-Smith before 1951
- Received from Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor) during 1951
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A6709
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Overall
- height 8.0 cm, width 15.7 cm, depth 13.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- Florence Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33