Basket Item Number: D1.426 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Imbricated with same vertical rows on three sides, in "cluster of flies" checkerboard pattern in cat-tail grass (?), red and dark cherry bark. Back side has narrower version in width of two stitches. Remains of dark cherry bark beading along rim. String loops through two corners on one long side. Rawhide front thong.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Iconographic Meaning
This basket features the cluster of flies design.
Item History
- Made by Tata7pani ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ? before 1911
- Collected in Thompson River, British Columbia, Canada between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.426
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye, fibre and rawhide skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 20.8 cm, width 32.5 cm, depth 24.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Tata7pani ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Thompson River, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1911
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2004/0144