Basket Item Number: D1.399 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base and side construction. Upper half is fully beaded in horizontal rows, alternating in dark and red cherry bark, with cat-tail grass (?) rows between. Lower half has imbricated short diagonal bands, alternating between red and dark cherry bark.
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
- D1.399
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.6 cm, width 29.5 cm, depth 22.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 2004/0139