Burden Basket Item Number: D1.315 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with skin ties, two on one side, along with black string, and one on opposite. Parallel coiled base construction. Fully imbricated upper half with central bilateral pattern on both long sides, and continuous wave design on short sides, all in black and red cherry against bullrush ground. Lower half: series of vertical red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) strips. Bottom has three rows of imbrication, two in black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) in between.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.315
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ?, dye and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 27.0 cm, width 43.5 cm, depth 33.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 2004/0118