Basket Item Number: A2323 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with short foot. Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of flowering plant, outlined in red cherry bark with grass, two on long side, one on short. Foot has two alternating rows of stitches in red cherry bark forming a short pyramid, two on long side, one on short.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; domestic
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2323
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.5 cm, width 20.0 cm, depth 14.6 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