Basket Item Number: D1.360 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel splint base construction. Imbricated pattern on upper half of basket of staggered rows of four stitch bands in cat-tail grass (?) with dark cherry bark ends.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Iconographic Meaning
May be a cluster of flies or butterfly motif.
Narrative
Raley listed the basket as having been collected in Williams Lake, however it appears to be made by a Mount Currie basket maker?
Item History
- Made by Betsy Jackson ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ? before 1934
- Collected in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George H. Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George H. Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.360
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, rawhide skin, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 16.5 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 22.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
- Creator
- Betsy Jackson ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- George H. Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George H. Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1934
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 1960/0672