Basket Item Number: D1.333 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Urn shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with lid, part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of plants, from rim to base, alternating between dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Lid has three rows of half-triangles in dark cherry bark, red cherry bark and dark cherry bark.
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
- D1.333
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 14.5 cm, diameter 18.0 cm
- Part B
- height 2.8 cm, diameter 12.5 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 29
- Accession Number
- 1870/0116