Basketry Lid Item Number: D1.526 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring construction and sides which are two coiled rows deep. Lid also has a two-strand, twisted loop work rim and an overcast string handle. Decorated with four triangular shapes (vertex towards center) in black-dyed cherry bark / cat-tail /red cherry bark / black-dyed cherry bark. Colour: tan.
Cultural Context
basketry
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
- Basketry Lid
- Identification Number
- D1.526
- Type of Item
- lid
- Material
- fibre, dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 19.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish ?
- 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 0107/0063