Work Basket
Item number D1.364 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Part (a) Elongated rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with attached lid and front tie closure. Parallel slat base and lid construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with geometric diagonal stepped rows alternating in red and black cherry bark. Part (b) Lid has flange. Rim is imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) and the surface of lid is beaded in rows of red and dark cherry bark. Rawhide hinges and tie closure.
Cultural Context
basketry
Iconographic Meaning
According to Sto:lo Elder and basket maker, Joan Chapman of Chehalis, this design represents waves.
Item History
- Made in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, 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
- Work Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.364
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.3 cm, width 31.5 cm, depth 16.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
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 29
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