Basket Item Number: D1.493 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and parallel slat sides. Rawhide loop and one string loop are at either upper corner of one long side with another string loop in the middle of the upper portion of the other long side. Decorated with partial beading, every fourth row is beaded with three rows of black, one of red, four rows of black, one of cat-tail, and one row of red cherry bark.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Cultural Context
basketry; plant technology; storage
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
- D1.493
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye, rawhide skin and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 23.8 cm, width 39.6 cm, depth 29.0 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0107/0023