Basket Item Number: A2271 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket with four sides that taper towards the base. Constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a parallel slat base (single straight reinforcement stitches) and an overcast rim and buckskin thongs. The imbricated design is a partial step pattern staggered vertically in red with black on the top and bottom, or black with red on top and bottom, in varying lengths. There are four horizontal rows of these elements. The rim is beaded in black.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; travel
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2271
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, deer skin ?, dye and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 22.0 cm, width 33.7 cm, depth 25.8 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 33