Basket Item Number: 2011.O.032:1 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
Large rectangular Cedar slat basket with red cherry bark decorations and a lid. Cedar has darkened significantly. The decorations have also chipped off significantly. There is white and black residue on the lid. The inside of the basket has paper residue adhered to the base. There is also green spots where metal had oxidized inside the basket. The rim on the exterior of the base is heavily damaged.
Notes
Item was donated in 2011 along with 4 others, but they were never accessioned. The basket was put on a shelf in the repository with the other donated items inside and left there. The donation form was with the items so we have enough information to continue.
Provenance
Basket Donated by Gary Dick. Basket was from Boston bar, and was a gift from the chief to the family circa 1952.
Item History
- Collected by Gary Dick
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 2011.O.032:1
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood and red cherry bark
- Overall
- length 38.0 cm, width 29.0 cm, height 23.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Sto:lo
- Field Collector
- Gary Dick
Where
- Holding Institution
- Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
- Collected in
- “N/A” ?
Other
- Homeloc
- Sto:lo Material Culture Repository
- Site
- N/A