Basket Item Number: D1.257 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Roughly oval-shaped basket with a flat bottom, flaring rim and linear designs around the side: five beaded rows in alternating crabapple and black cherry bark; overcast rim is also beaded in the same manner. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) beading.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George Henry Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.257
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, crabapple bark, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 23.0 cm, width 39.5 cm, depth 28.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Secwepemc
- Previous Owner
- George Henry Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kamloops, 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1960/0656