Basket Item Number: D1.263 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large basket that is rectangular in cross section, flares upward and outward, and then angles back inward for the smaller upper portion with an overcast rim. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) and parallel splint and watch-spring base construction. Partial imbrication and beading in discrete figures of a series of vertical columns of small horizontal bands of imbrication in red and in black cherry bark. Alternate columns in red and in black. Four or five rows of beading near the base. Rows are alternately in black or in red cherry bark. Beading around the circumference of the base on the exterior of the basket.
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
- D1.263
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 41.0 cm, width 43.0 cm, depth 30.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- 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
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 1870/0073