Fishing Creel
Item number D1.327 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Fishing creel basket with a rounded base that tapers slightly to a flat lid with a curved front edge and a rectangular hole in the centre. The back of the creel is angled. The basket has parallel splint base construction, and the lid closes with buckskin ties. A double zigzag pattern is partially imbricated in red cherry, cat-tail and black cherry bark repeated in two rows producing negatively defined diamonds along the centre. Imbricated bands of red and orange-brown on the underside of the base.
History Of Use
Nlaka'pamux Elder Shirley Sterling notes that this style of basket is used for fishing, usually trout.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1948
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Fishing Creel
- Identification Number
- D1.327
- Type of Item
- creel
- Material
- root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 21.5 cm, width 34.5 cm, depth 23.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1948
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 1870/0099
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