Basket Item Number: A17084 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large rectangular basket (with bifurcated stitches on sides) with lid (part b), attached with one worn rawhide string. Parallel slat lid, base and body construction (bifurcated stitches) with reinforced stitches along edge. Basket has inner flange. Fully imbricated in grass and large parallel rows of zig-zags in red and dark cherry bark, with dark cherry bark arrows. Lid rim is imbricated in grass with red bark geometric designs. Top rim is beaded in grass and rest of lid is beaded in alternating rows of grass and red bark. Two rawhide ties at front and two hinges at rear.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Narrative
Collected by Dr. Ethlyn Trapp.
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
- A17084 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, rawhide skin, cherry bark, dye and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 24.4 cm, width 46.3 cm, depth 23.5 cm
- Part B
- height 3.0 cm, width 45.7 cm, depth 21.8 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 33
- Accession Number
- 0210/0001 a-b