Basket Item Number: A9006 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with remains of single loop border and foot with loop border. Watch-spring base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass, with vertical bands in red cherry bark with dark cherry bark center lines, and vice versa. Red stitches at rim.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A9006
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 11.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Margaret L. Buttimer and Alfred J. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2003/0109