Basket Item Number: 2936/4 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round woven cedar basket with lid (part b). Basket wall is straight and flares slightly from bottom toward top. The exterior is decorated with four vertical lines of inverted triangles, three to a line. The rim is decorated with short horizontal lines of imbrication at intervals. The lid is coiled, with a large coiled knob at centre. It is decorated with ‘V’ shapes of black imbrication and has an inset rim that fits inside the basket.
Item History
- Made in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ? between 1900 and 1960
- Collected in Woodfibre, British Columbia, Canada between 1918 and 1955
- Owned by Lutia Bidin and Rina Honderich
- Owned by Rina Jardine before January 9, 2012
- Received from Rina Jardine (Donor) on January 9, 2012
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 2936/4 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, canary grass and dye
- Overall
- height 25.0 cm, diameter 23.0 cm
- Part A
- height 18.5 cm, diameter 23.0 cm
- Part B
- height 9.0 cm, diameter 22.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Squamish
- Previous Owner
- Lutia Bidin, Rina Honderich and Rina Jardine
- Received from
- Rina Jardine (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Woodfibre, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1960
- Collection Date
- between 1918 and 1955
- Ownership Date
- before January 9, 2012
- Acquisition Date
- on January 9, 2012
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2936/0004 a-b