Lunch Basket Item Number: D1.242 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular basket with a flat, fitted lid hinged to the upper rim with leather thongs. Cedar root coiled over splints, parallel coiled base. Bound edge. Imbrication design of double arrow-heads and flower.
Iconographic Meaning
This basket features a flower or plant design on the sides and an arrowhead design in the center.
Item History
- Made by Clara Pierre ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada before 1950
- Owned by Walter C. Koerner before January 1973
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during January 1973
What
- Name
- Lunch Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.242 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, canary grass, cherry bark and rawhide skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 24.0 cm, width 39.0 cm, depth 24.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Clara Pierre ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1950
- Ownership Date
- before January 1973
- Acquisition Date
- during January 1973
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 0233/0001 a-b