Basket Item Number: Nd632 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; rim is overcast; fully imbricated. The design consists of alternating vertical stripes of eight triangles and a zigzag; horizontal zigzag around rim; dark and light bird quill on rim. Five rawhide ties. Colours: red, 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-natives. 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
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Nd632
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- rawhide skin, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, bird quill, fibre, cedar wood and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, overcast and imbricated
- Overall
- height 30.3 cm, width 47.6 cm, depth 30.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsilhqot'in
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2004/0193