Basket Item Number: 3259/45 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Open-weave basket with a tumpline fibre strap attached. The basket is rectangular, with a slightly rounded base, walls flaring gently outward toward a thick, wrapped rim. Short cords are attached at each corner to hold the tumpline strap, or handle, which is a braid of many thin cotton strands. At the centre of the wool strap, strips of cotton fabric in green, pink and other colours are tightly woven in, to create padding.
History Of Use
Baskets with an open weave like this one, were used for activities like gathering shellfish. For example water could be poured over top of clams to clear away sand, and it would all drain out through the open weave.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Margaret Hess before September 28, 2017
- Received from Margaret Hess (Donor) on September 28, 2017
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 3259/45
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root ?, wool fibre and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 19.5 cm, width 29.5 cm, depth 25.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Margaret Hess
- Received from
- Margaret Hess (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before September 28, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on September 28, 2017
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3259/0045