Basket Item Number: A7624 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with single looped border and coiled handle. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and vertical checkerboard stripes (and variations) in black cherry bark. Row of black cherry bark double stitches at intervals around rim.
Iconographic Meaning
Cluster of Flies pattern according to Farrand.
Item History
- Made in 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
- A7624
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, dye and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.5 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 17.5 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
- Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 0055/0066