Basket Item Number: 3116/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven basket. Basket is rectangular in shape, narrow at base and flaring outward toward top. Rim is a large openwork scallop pattern of wrapped cedar roots. Two decorative lines of a repeating cross pattern run horizontally around the basket, made of imbricated red and dark brown bark and grass.
Item History
- Made by Annie Gauthier (Maker) in Mission, British Columbia, Canada between 1900 and 1961
- Owned by Hugh Neil Smith before June 26, 2015
- Received from Hugh Neil Smith (Donor) on June 26, 2015
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 3116/4
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass, cedar root and cherry bark
- Overall
- height 12.8 cm, width 29.6 cm, depth 21.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Samahquam
- Creator
- Annie Gauthier (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Hugh Neil Smith
- Received from
- Hugh Neil Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mission, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1961
- Ownership Date
- before June 26, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on June 26, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3116/0004