Basket Item Number: 2023.O.010:07 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A small rectangular plaited cedar basket with a coiled lid. The lid is attched on one side with two raw hide ties, and on the opposite side is a raw hide untied latch. The body of the basket is plaited with red cedar interlocking with yellow cedar. The body features a single oval design on all four sides with dyed black and maroon red cedar, as well as yellow cedar accents. The lid of the basket features a diamond pattern with red, black and yellow cedar. Each point on the diamond is touching an outer edge. The brim of the lid is wrapped.
Provenance
No provenance- Basket collection acquired in the 1930's and passed down the family lineage.
Item History
- Collected by Kathyrn Hepburn on May 25, 2023
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 2023.O.010:07
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood
- Overall
- length 18.0 cm, width 15.005 cm, height 8.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Field Collector
- Kathyrn Hepburn
Where
- Holding Institution
- Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
- Collected in
- “N/A” ?
When
- Collection Date
- on May 25, 2023
Other
- Homeloc
- Sto:lo Material Cultural Repository
- Site
- British Columbia, Canada