Basket Item Number: D1.448 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket with fine coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel splint base construction, and a foot of three coiled rows. Loops tied on for carrying. Decorated with partial imbrication in a vertical "half-arrowhead" design in cat-tail on red background. Design continues onto foot (three stripes per side, two per end).
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected before 1927
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.448
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and cotton fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 14.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 16.5 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
- before 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0107/0017