Basket Item Number: D1.372 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Urn shaped coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with foot and lid attached with rawhide. Watch-spring base and lid construction and flange on rim. Fully imbricated in alternating rows of stepped diagonal bands in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot has two beaded rows, upper in black cherry bark and lower in red cherry bark. Attached lid has same design. Coiled handle at center.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.372
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 16.2 cm, width 18.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 33