Basket Item Number: D1.490 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large, coiled basket with a roughly rectangular base and flaring sides; bifurcated stitches, parallel splint base construction, and partial imbrication. Vertically striped pattern; each colour series is five stitches long, each band is six stitches wide with only three stitches decorated. The stripes are in different combinations of red, black and cat-tail. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; plant technology
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.490
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 47.0 cm, width 72.0 cm, depth 55.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0107/0020