Basket Item Number: A2.690 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Large urn shaped coiled work basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of three alternating rows of four petal flower in dark and red cherry bark. Lid has indented slat flange and knob at centre. Imbricated star design in dark and red cherry, with grass in between.
History Of Use
Mount Currie basket makers thought that this basket may have been used as a pot.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; plant technology
Item History
- Made by Placida Wallace ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada between 1900 and 1950
- Collected between 1950 and 1962
- Owned by Mr. Squire-Merrit
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A2.690 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cedar root and canary grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, imbricated and bifurcated
- Part B
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 19.2 cm
- Part A
- height 19.8 cm, diameter 27.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Placida Wallace ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Mr. Squire-Merrit and Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1950
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1962
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0081/0114 b