Burden Basket Item Number: A1990 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled cedar root basket with parallel slat base construction, rawhide thongs, and decorated with partial imbrication. Vertical checkerboard stripes in red/white and black/white reaching half way down the basket, four per side and three per end. Colour: brown.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; travel
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- 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
- A1990
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 27.0 cm, width 42.0 cm, depth 32.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- 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
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1960/0271