Burden Basket Item Number: D1.436 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Roughly rectangular basket with three cord ties attached around the rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; partial imbrication. Continuous vertical diamond striped in black/bullrush/red. (five per side, four per end) with red/bullrush fillers - stripes, three stitches wide, alternating in colour with every two coiled rows. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Gladwin, British Columbia, Canada between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.436
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 33.0 cm, width 48.0 cm, depth 35.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Gladwin, 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
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 1870/0083