Basket Item Number: D1.488 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches), with remains of looped border. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated plant motif in red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) at base. The rim has two rows of continuous imbrication alternating between dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) every two stitches. The bottom has a beaded radiating pattern alternating in rows of red and dark cherry bark.
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
- D1.488
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, dye and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.0 cm, diameter 21.0 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 0107/0018