Storage Basket Item Number: A17097 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Natural and black coiled storage basket with leather handles looped over with a metal button at each end. Simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches over slat foundation. Parallel slat base construction. Raised rim on fitted lid and totally beaded surface. Beading on lid in red cherry bark and sides in alternate rows of cherry bark and grass. Lid is attached to the basket by skin straps.
History Of Use
storage
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; plant technology
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Ruth M. Jones before 1970
- Owned by Soroptomist Club of Vancouver before August 1972
- Received from Soroptomist Club of Vancouver (Donor) during August 1972
What
- Name
- Storage Basket
- Identification Number
- A17097
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- leather skin, cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 16.5 cm, width 35.6 cm, depth 15.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Previous Owner
- Ruth M. Jones and Soroptomist Club of Vancouver
- Received from
- Soroptomist Club of Vancouver (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1970 and before August 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 5
- Accession Number
- 0208/0001