Basket Item Number: D1.376 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket with four sides that taper towards the base. The basket is built in simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with an elongated watch-spring base construction and an overcast splint rim. Decorated with a series of crosses each in black and red cherry with an off-white bulrush interior, all in partial imbrication.
History Of Use
Burden basket
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
- D1.376
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 28.0 cm, width 43.5 cm, depth 29.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- 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
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 1870/0181