Basket Item Number: D1.320 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Small round coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Lid has indented slat flange. Imbricated pattern of vertical rows of six alternating black and red cherry bark chevrons. Same pattern on lid of five vertical rows of four alternating chevrons.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.320 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part B
- height 0.7 cm, diameter 9.8 cm
- Part A
- height 6.5 cm, diameter 10.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1870/0075 a-b