Basket Item Number: D1.442 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large flared rectangluar coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches); elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design is different on long and short sides. Long side has geometric butterfly pattern (rectangular with zig-zag shapes at top and bottom) in red and dark cherry bark with grass in between. Short sides have a cross shape with elongated vertical ends, also in all three colours. Two small diamond shapes also appear on this side, near the rim, in red or dark bark with grass at center. One row of red bark is beaded around the bottom.
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
- D1.442
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 19.5 cm, width 28.8 cm, depth 22.5 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 32
- Accession Number
- 1870/0180