Basket Item Number: 2022.O.007:4 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
Medium sized picnic style cedar slat basket with a hinged lid. The slats are so fine, they almost look like cedar coil rounds near the top. There are two handles attached with strips of leather. The lid is attached with two strips of leather as a hinge. There also is a leather tie to close the basket, but the bottom strap has broken off. There is black dyed cedar, red cherry bark, and wild grass decorations on the sides and lid. The two wide sides each have two black and red diamonds. All four sides have black and yellow geometric strips. The lid is damaged and the decorations are flaking off. There is a black strip down the center and two arrows pointing in.
Provenance
Basket was bought by the grandmother of the donor (Myrtle Ferguson) in Chilliwack in the 1930's from a lady going door to door. They lived on Hazel street and also at Cultus lake during the 1930's.
Item History
- Collected by Laura Watson
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 2022.O.007:4
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood
- Overall
- length 29.5 cm, width 19.0 cm, height 16.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Sto:lo
- Field Collector
- Laura Watson
Where
- Holding Institution
- Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
- Collected in
- “None” ?
Other
- Homeloc
- Sto:lo Material Culture Repository