Basket Item Number: D1.411 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical, flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with single looped border, coiled handle attached with fibre, and foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated pattern of three vertical 'arrow' shapes from rim to bottom of foot. Alternating outlines in red or dark cherry bark with reverse colour filled in also with cat-tail grass (?). Foot does not have cat-tail grass (?) in design.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.411
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye, cedar root and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 10.5 cm, diameter 15.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1870/0009