Basket
Item number D1.457 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Coiled cedar root basket with flaring sides, parallel splint base construction, several rawhide thongs and partial imbrication. Vertical striped design; tri-colour checkerboard design creating alternating red and black oblique lines within the stripe. There are four stripes per side and three per end. A rope-like cord is strung from side to side, threaded through the thong ties along the upper rim of the basket; a red, white and black wool shoulder strap pad is woven onto the centre of the cord.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.457
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye, rawhide skin and wool fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 31.5 cm, width 47.0 cm, depth 35.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 33
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