Basket Item Number: D1.286 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and looped open work 2 rows below the rim. Parallel splint base construction. Imbricated design of two connected diamond shapes, in checkerboard pattern of cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark, flanked by two vertical bands of chevrons in dark cherry bark on cat-tail grass (?) background. Short sides only have the diamonds. Design called 'snake' and 'snake track', (from Lower Thompson area) on paper label. Plain foot.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected 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
- D1.286
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.7 cm, width 23.6 cm, depth 14.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- 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
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 2004/0114