Basket Item Number: A2322 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket with imbrication and beading. Red cherry bark on rim. Pattern on body is vertical mirror image triangles, each row of black or red cherry bark, two per side and one per end.
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
- A2322
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.8 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 23.0 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
- good