Basket Item Number: D1.424 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Roughly rectangular, tan-coloured basket with flaring sides. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat foundation; partial imbrication. Five staggered rows of alternating geometric motifs in black/bulrush or red/bulrush.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George Henry Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.424
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 24.0 cm, width 35.5 cm, depth 27.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- George Henry Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1960/0680