Fishing Creel Item Number: D1.255 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled cedar root basket with attached lid. Simple interlocking coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base and watch-spring lid construction. Basket also has overcast rims and a rawhide thong. The lid is decorated with six rectangles of cat-tail grass, which are outlined alternatively in black or red cherry bark. The sides have four vertical bands of white grass edged with black or red, the resulting rectanglar shapes are joined together. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
It was previously thought that this basket was used to store tobacco and pipes, but Nlaka'pamux Elder Shirley Sterling suggests that this type of basket is used when fishing, usually trout.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1948
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Fishing Creel
- Identification Number
- D1.255
- Type of Item
- creel
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and rawhide skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 20.0 cm, width 33.0 cm, depth 21.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1948
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 1870/0182