Basket Item Number: Nd652 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; partially imbricated and beaded. The design from the bottom to top: set of four red triangles with larger triangle on top with a small bullrush cross in centre; on imbricated bullrush ground; three rows of staggered red triangles (bottom row has sets of two red and one bullrush triangle); red crosses on beaded bullrush ground; discrete rectangles in red on beaded bullrush ground around rim. Two rawhide ties. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Burden basket. Tsilhqot’in weavers made coiled cedar-root baskets imbricated with cat-tail grass and cherry bark (for the darker designs). Animals, figures and geometric designs in bands are worked into their sometimes playful designs in bullrush and cherry bark on cedar root. Baskets were used extensively in communities for carrying, storage and cooking and for trade and sale to non-Native people. Today baskets continue to be valued in First Nations communities for their cultural importance and continue to be used as gifts, in trade and are made for sale.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1930
- Collected during 1900
- Owned by Margaret L. Buttimer
- Owned by Alfred J. Buttimer before 1932
- Received from Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor) during 1932
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd652
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- rawhide skin, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, fibre, cedar wood and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 35.7 cm, width 53.1 cm, depth 42.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsilhqot'in
- Previous Owner
- Margaret L. Buttimer and Alfred J. Buttimer
- Received from
- Alfred J. Buttimer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1930
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Ownership Date
- before 1932
- Acquisition Date
- during 1932
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 30
- Accession Number
- 2003/0035