Basket Item Number: A17085 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket base (a) and lid (b) composed of simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches on the sides. Parallel slat base and lid construction reinforced by stitches along edges. Flange indented on lid with overcast rim, beading and imbrication. The sides have four horizontal rows of double imbricated black stitches interrupted by vertical bands of alternating checker and solid lines. The lid has several rows of beading (every other coiled row) grouped into four panels. Rawhide thongs on lid and rawhide handles on narrower ends.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Iconographic Meaning
According to Farrand (P. 395), this may be the "...'Cluster of Flies' [pattern] of the Lillooet or Lower Thompson".
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Ethlyn Trapp before August 1972
- Received from Ethlyn Trapp (Donor) during August 1972
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A17085 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye, rawhide skin and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 24.0 cm, width 52.0 cm, depth 34.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- Ethlyn Trapp
- Received from
- Ethlyn Trapp (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0210/0002 a-b