Basket Item Number: Nd631 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction: fully imbricated: overcast rim. The design from bottom to top: hexagonal shaped figures attached horizontally by parallel lines; shapes; hexagonal shaped figures; squares in phase with hexagonal figures; quills alternate dark and light around rim; all in red on bullrush ground. Four rawhide ties, one rawhide string. 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
- Nd631
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, fibre, rawhide skin, bird quill and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, overcast, imbricated, bound and tied
- Overall
- height 30.3 cm, width 40.1 cm, depth 29.9 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
- Accession Number
- 2003/0022