Basket Item Number: A2299 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rounded, coiled cedar root basket (a) and lid (b). Basket has parallel slat base construction, while lid has watch-spring construction with an indented flange. There are handles on the basket and lid. Decorated with total imbrication. Lid has a double series of wave design in black and red with a star pattern in black and red, all against a cat-tail grass background. The sides have an angular key design, which forms a lattice pattern. The bottom pattern has a diamond in red within it, the rest is black with red against a cat-tail background. The handles are also imbricated, and there are two rows of beading around the bottom edge. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; domestic
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2299 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, fibre, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 41.0 cm, diameter 52.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior 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 29