Basket Item Number: Nd638 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel to watch-spring base construction; rim is overcast; fully imbricated, beading on base. The design from the bottom to top: horizontal zigzags with cross forms on bottom and triangles on top; single stitch zigzag; three rows of staggered cross shapes; all in red on bullrush ground; two rows of red and three rows of bullrush beading on base. Some quill on rim. Colour: tan.
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 before 1900
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd638
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, quill, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 23.1 cm, width 34.3 cm, depth 25.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsilhqot'in
- Previous Owner
- Margaret L. Buttimer and Alfred J. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1900
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 30
- Accession Number
- 2003/0018