Burden Basket Item Number: D1.285 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel splint base. Upper half of basket is fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with diagonal zig-zag designs, alternating between red and dark cherry bark, with diagonal lines, in dark cherry bark, between. Two skin loops and thongs on one side of basket, one thong on each short side, one loop and one thong on other long side.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada 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
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.285
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 21.8 cm, width 34.5 cm, depth 28.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- 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
- Collected in
- Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 2004/0113