Berry Basket

Item number A2264 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Rectangular coiled cedar root berry basket with gently flaring sides and an attached lid. Sides decorated with four large vertical panels (one per side) of large red cherry bark and cat-tail grass bounded by tri-colour stripes; beading top and bottom. Lid has triple row of beading along circumference with isolated red cherry bark and dyed cat-tail stitches on top. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches along sides). Parallel slat base and lid construction (reinforced by plain stitches on end edges); base has flange. String handle.

History Of Use

Sto:lo basket maker and weaver Wendy Ritchie thought this basket might be for picking berries. A smaller basket, such as this one would be used for picking and emptied into a larger basket which would placed nearby.

Specific Techniques

The pink colour on the design elements of this basket is unusual and may have been achieved through the use of commercial dyes according to Sto:lo elder Elizabeth Herrling of Seabird Island. Wendy Ritchie, a Sto:lo weaver from Skowkale, thinks that it may have achieved by using berries.