Basket Item Number: D1.451 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel to watch-spring base construction, and three rawhide loops (with a bit of string), two at either upper corner of one long side and one in the middle of the upper portion of the other long side. Decorated with partial beading. Vertical striped design of alternating widths (three stitches wide and then two stitches wide). The pattern alternates in colour as follows: one red/three cat-tail/one red/two black/one red. The pattern stops ten rows before the bottom. There is one beaded line near the base.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; plant technology
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.451
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye and rawhide skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 34.9 cm, width 55.2 cm, depth 41.9 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 0107/0015