Basket Item Number: A9418 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Natural and red cedar root coiled basket. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base construction. Foot is one row of splint foundation and one of a slat foundation. Handles are coiled. Partial imbrication with designs in black/bullrush stripes with crabapple points, and also designs in crabapple/bullrush stripes with black protrusions. Top and bottom rims are beaded and the foot is partially imbricated.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A9418
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, crabapple bark, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 29.8 cm, width 45.7 cm, depth 31.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 5