Basket Item Number: D1.281 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, woven, light yellow-brown-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction. Partial imbrication. Vertical stripes ("cluster of flies") pattern in red/bullrush or black/bullrush. On the end of the sides are "half arrow head" fillers. String attached at the upper two corners of one long side.
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
- D1.281
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 27.3 cm, width 30.2 cm, depth 41.2 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
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 2004/0112