Basket Item Number: A7622 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Jar shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with coiled handle and lid, part (b). Watch-spring base & lid construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with bands of diagonal lines alternating between red and dark cherry bark. Basket has inner rim. Lid has same colour configuration, with small coiled handle at center. Open hole at center.
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
- A7622
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, skin, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 11.5 cm, diameter 14.0 cm
- Part B
- height 0.75 cm, diameter 9.8 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
- 0055/0064