Basket Item Number: Nd655 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Roughly rectangular basket with flaring sides and vertical geometric patterning in red, black and white. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel to watch-spring base construction; partially imbricated. Vertically striped design: series of four triangles (vertex down) in each stripe. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd655
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- imbricated and coiled
- Overall
- height 23.0 cm, width 37.0 cm, depth 25.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 2004/0199