Basket Item Number: 2023.O.010:09 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A large rectangular coiled cedar basket with a coiled cedar lid. The lids' brim is wrapped, and the lid is attached by two raw hide ties on one side, and a single raw hide latch on the opposite side. The body of the basket also features two large raw hide handles. The basket sports a sunburst pattern on all sides; on the legnth-wise side, the diamond in the middle is red with yellow accents and the sunburst pattern is black, beside the diamond is a linear vetical pattern featuring the same accents colours. On the width-wise side the diamon is black with yellow accents and a red sunburst pattern.
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.010:09
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood
- Overall
- length 45.005 cm, width 28.0 cm, height 17.0 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