Basket Item Number: D1.444 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular basket with gently flaring sides, an extended, rounded shoulder, and a flat lid attached to the top with cording. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; shoulder; lid slides on four corner strings; partial imbrication. Vertical striped design alternating red and black ribbons with oblique lines in bullrush. Direction of the lines change with every stripe. Design is carried on to lid. Checkerboard diamond shapes on end alternating in red/bullrush/black/bullrush and black/bullrush/red/bullrush; this design is not carried on to lid. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
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
- D1.444
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 7.0 in, width 9.0 in, depth 12.0079 in
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
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 2004/0145