Burden Basket Item Number: D1.433 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular basket with flaring sides and a flat base. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat base construction; splint rim; partial beading. Vertical stripes reaching 3/4 of the way down the basket: three stitches of red and three stitches of bullrush alternating with every slat (five stripes per side and three per end). Rim is beaded in red.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George H. Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George H. Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.433
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 28.0 cm, width 47.0 cm, depth 37.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- George H. Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George H. Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1960/0684