Basket Item Number: A7610 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches), watch-spring base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with two rows of parallel zig-zag bands in red cherry bark. Bottom points flattened. Two crosses in emptry space of top row of zig-zag. Intervals of red cherry bark stitches at rim. Bottom rim has row of overcast stitches.
Item History
- Made in Canada ?
- Collected during 1881
- Owned by William Rowe
- Owned by Margaret Ades before August 17, 1961
- Received from Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on August 17, 1961
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A7610
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.8 cm, diameter 23.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- William Rowe and Margaret Ades
- Received from
- Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0055/0052