Basket Item Number: D1.299 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular basket (a) with two handles and a flat, fitted lid (b). Simple interlocking coiled work; parallel slat foundation (with large reinforcement stitches); flange (slat) for lid is indented 1" or so at top. Foot: two staggered rows of red cherry bark. Body: front and back; eight checkerboard designs in red with two black central ones. Sides: two larger versions (in red) of the same form; all designs set against white bullrush.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Thompson River, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Mary G. Fyfe-Smith before June 15, 1951
- Received from Mary G. Fyfe-Smith (Donor) on June 15, 1951
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.299 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 35.0 cm, width 60.0 cm, depth 33.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Mary G. Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Thompson River, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before June 15, 1951
- Acquisition Date
- on June 15, 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32