Basket Item Number: D1.310 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Urn shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and single looped and twisted border. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of three continuous bands of 3 rows each similar to zig-zag shape but without the points, outlined in black cherry bark and filled in red cherry bark, alternating with cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark. Foot has intervals of dark cherry bark stitches.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.310
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 14.5 cm, diameter 17.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1870/0088