Basket Item Number: A7629 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small hexagonal coil basket (bifurcated stitches) with coiled handle and coiled double-strand looped border. Parallel slat foundation. Imbricated pattern of modified diamond shapes (minus center) in black and in red cherry bark, against cat-tail grass (?) background.
Iconographic Meaning
star pattern
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1881
- Owned by William Rowe
- Owned by Margaret Ades before August 17, 1961
- Received from Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on August 17, 1961
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A7629
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 10.2 cm, width 11.8 cm, depth 8.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- William Rowe and Margaret Ades
- Received from
- Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0055/0071