Basket Item Number: D1.350 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base construction, and partial imbrication. Braided rim and partial beading decorated the basket. Vertical chevron-shaped design in black-dyed bark/cat-tail or red bark/cat-tail. Two rows of beading just below rim in red cherry bark. Colour: tan.
Iconographic Meaning
Design may represent a mountain goat.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Marianne Koerner and Walter C. Koerner before 1976
- Received from Marianne Koerner (Donor) and Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during 1974
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.350
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 18.0 cm, diameter 30.0 cm
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
- Ownership Date
- before 1976
- Acquisition Date
- during 1974
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair