Basket Item Number: Nd648 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; partial imbrication. The design from bottom to top: animal and lined figures in red on bullrush; two rows of opposing chevrons divided by three vertical stripes and one horizontal bullrush stripe in bullrush on plain background; row of animal figures; sets of three vertical stripes in red on bullrush around rim; base is beaded in bullrush. Eight 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-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
- Nd648
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root ?, rawhide skin, grass, bark and wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 32.4 cm, width 47.8 cm, depth 33.7 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 2004/0197