Basket Item Number: A17086 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical basket (a) with rounded lid (b); simple interlocking coiled weaving (with bifurcated stitches); parallel slat bottom reinforced by stitches along edges; watch-spring lid construction with small hole in centre; complete beading; flange along basket rim. Basket is completely beaded; sides: has each coil done in triple staggered rows of alternating bulrush, red, and black cherry bark. Lid: has each coil is beaded with alternating strips of white, black, and red, creating concentric circles. String handle attached with rawhide thongs. Colour: natural.
History Of Use
storage
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Ethlyn Trapp before August 1972
- Received from Ethlyn Trapp (Donor) during August 1972
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A17086 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, rawhide skin, fibre and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 24.0 cm, diameter 28.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- Ethlyn Trapp
- Received from
- Ethlyn Trapp (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0210/0003 a-b