Burden Basket Item Number: D1.363 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel splint base construction. Upper half fully beaded on three sides in repeated horizontal bands alternating between cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark. Fourth side has three vertical bands of "cluster of flies" (checker board stripes), two in cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark, and the middle row in dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Lower half has sections of vertical lines, with plain coils between, of cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark in same alternating checkerboard pattern. Rim is imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with alternating intervals of red, and black cherry bark stitches. String ties on all sides.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1911
- 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
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.363
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 17.5 cm, width 27.0 cm, depth 23.0 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
- Creation Date
- before 1911
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2004/0133