Basket Item Number: D1.431 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular simple coiled work basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; foot of five coiled rows; fully imbricated. Expansive hexagonal design in red cherry bark on bulrush with a bottom border of black. Foot is imbricated with bulrush/red. Tan coloured.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1928
- 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
- D1.431
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 28.2 cm, width 59.8 cm, depth 33.6 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
- Creation Date
- before 1928
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1870/0052