Basket
Item number A8861 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Circular coiled basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches, and watch-spring base and lid construction. The sides of the basket (part a) alternate black and red with x-shapes. Lid (part b) has two concentric series of four alternately red and black forms in x-shapes. Lid (part b) with flange indented on the lid and outer coiled row of the lid is given a series of twists to produce a looped edge of sorts.
Cultural Context
basketry; plant technology; storage
Item History
- Made by Christine Ross ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada before 1949
- Collected during 1949
- Owned by Hunter C. Lewis and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis before June 1965
- Received from Hunter C. Lewis (Donor) and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis (Donor) during June 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A8861
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, dye and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.8 cm, diameter 17.1 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
- Creator
- Christine Ross ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Hunter C. Lewis and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis
- Received from
- Hunter C. Lewis (Donor) and Mrs. Hunter C. Lewis (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1949
- Collection Date
- during 1949
- Ownership Date
- before June 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 0131/0009
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