Basket Item Number: D1.311 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction (single stitch end reinforcement). Imbricated design of six vertical bands, two on long sides, one on end, in cat-tail grass (?) with red cherry bark diagonal stripes. Buckskin thongs and string on one side.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected 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
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.311
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.0 cm, width 18.5 cm, depth 14.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- 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
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2004/0117