Burden Basket Item Number: A1491 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared, coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base construction. Upper half of basket is fully imbricated with the design in black bark of mirror image geometric scroll shapes on each side. Bottom half of basket has imbricated "flying goose" design, alternating in rows of red and black bark with grass in between.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Cultural Context
basketry; plant technology
Narrative
If the maker was Margaret Jim, the basket was probably made in Mount Currie?
Item History
- Made by Margaret Jim ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ? before 1934
- Collected between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George Henry Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- A1491
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 16.2 cm, width 21.6 cm, depth 18.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Margaret Jim ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- George Henry Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1934
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 1960/0040