Basket Item Number: Nd637 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; partially imbricated and partially beaded. The design from the bottom to top: three rows of beading in bullrush; two rows of imbrication in red; vertical red stripes; two rows of red imbrication; eight rows of red beading; two rows of red bordering vertical lines; two rows of beading bordering vertical lines. Six rawhide ties and one twine tie. 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
- 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
- Nd637
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar wood, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 22.1 cm, width 27.3 cm, depth 20.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsilhqot'in
- 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 2004/0195