Basket Item Number: A2.650 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown woven basket with a rectangular base, flaring sides and horizontal linear patterning in red and black around the sides. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); elongated watch-spring base construction. Double rows of imbrication every three horizontal rows. Alternating rows of cotton and cherry bark, each interrupted by double stitches of bulrush creating a vertical effect.
History Of Use
Tsilhqot’in weavers made coiled cedar-root baskets imbricated with cat-tail grass and cherry bark (for the darker designs). Animals, figures and geometric designs in bands are worked into their sometimes playful designs in bullrush and cherry bark on cedar root. Baskets were used extensively in communities for carrying, storage and cooking and for trade and sale to non-natives. Today baskets continue to be valued in First Nations communities for their cultural importance and continue to be used as gifts, in trade and are made for sale.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected 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
- A2.650
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cotton fibre, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 30.0 cm, width 47.0 cm, depth 36.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsilhqot'in
- 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
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 30
- Accession Number
- 1960/0628