Basket Item Number: D1.379 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Parallel splint base construction. Fully imbricated design of double stitches in alternating colours of dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). First two rows on foot imbricated in alternating red and dark cherry bark, bottom row in solid red cherry bark. Fibre string through one corner.
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
- D1.379
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.0 cm, width 20.0 cm, depth 15.2 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
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 1870/0091