Burden Basket Item Number: D1.370 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel splint base construction. Most of basket is fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with outline of square in red and dark cherry bark, with triangle on bottom pointing to center, with two smaller triangles in dark cherry bark. Lower quarter of basket is partially beaded in in cat-tail grass. One row of imbrication in cat-tail grass (?) on bottom.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1870
- Owned by Major Mathers before May 1953
- Received from Major Mathers (Donor) during May 1953
What
- Name
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.370
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.2 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 15.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- Major Mathers
- Received from
- Major Mathers (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1870
- Ownership Date
- before May 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1953
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 34
- Accession Number
- 1817/0010