Basket Item Number: D1.356 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction. Basket appears to have been mostly imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) on long sides, and partially beaded on short sides with cat-tail grass (?). What remains on one long side are three vertical rows of rectangles connected by line, in dark cherry bark. On other three sides, upper half of basket has horizontal rows of dark cherry bark, lower portion of basket has three vertical parallel rows of dark cherry bark on short side and five on long side. Intervals of dark cherry bark stitches along rim.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Lytton, 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
- D1.356
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, dye and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 30.1 cm, width 42.0 cm, depth 32.5 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
- Lytton, 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
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 1960/0671