Basket Item Number: D1.335 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Roughly rectangular basket with flaring sides, rounded corners, and an extended, rounded shoulder punctuated by a large rectangular opening. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches): parallel base construction. Fully imbricated; series of connecting triangles (three on top, two on bottom) separated vertically by a ladder-like strip all in red on bullrush. Base is partially beaded in bullrush and red cherry.
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
- D1.335
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and crabapple bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 21.0 cm, width 45.0 cm, depth 29.0 cm
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 33
- Accession Number
- 2004/0124