Basket Item Number: D1.400 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Elongated rectangular coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with rounded shoulders near rim. Parallel splint foundation. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with rows of wide vertical bands of "cluster of flies" (checkerboard) pattern on all sides, with two extra narrow rows on each long side, flanking center. Rim is beaded in black. May have had a looped border or another row of coils at one time.
History Of Use
Storage 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
- D1.400
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.5 cm, width 30.2 cm, depth 14.7 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
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1870/0014