Basket Item Number: D1.279 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large round flared coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Watch-spring base construction. Fully mbricated with background in cat-tail grass (?) and design of birds in black and red cherry bark, separated by vertical bands of "cluster of flies" in red and dark cherry bark, with horizontal stripes at bottom half of basket alternating in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), cherry bark and reverse. Foot has dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage
Iconographic Meaning
Bird and cluster of flies patterns.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1928
- 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
- D1.279
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 16.7 cm, diameter 36.0 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
- Creation Date
- before 1928
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 1870/0040