Basket Item Number: A2284 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled cedar root basket with partial beading. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base construction, and overcast splint rim. Every other slat is beaded with two beaded rows per slat. Beaded slats are alternately beaded in black and red cherry bark.
History Of Use
Carrying basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2284
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 21.6 cm, width 58.4 cm, depth 33.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair