Basket Item Number: A2.648 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, woven, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel splint foundation with coiled elements of cedar root: partially imbricated. Horizontal double rows of beading every fourth row. Due to age and soiling, colours are not discernable.
History Of Use
Burden basket. 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
- A2.648
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 20.0 cm, width 34.0 cm, depth 26.2 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
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1960/0627