Basket Item Number: D1.351 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Short, roughly cylindrical basket with lid (part b); lid has a large knob handle in the centre. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base and lid construction foot is one slat; large button handle; lid fits over basket; partially imbricated. Echelons of black/grass/black or black/red/black; lid has swirls of black/grass/black, similar to basket.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Marianne Koerner and Walter C. Koerner
- Received from Marianne Koerner (Donor) and Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during 1974
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.351 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 6.5 in, diameter 11.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Marianne Koerner and Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Marianne Koerner (Donor) and Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1974
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair