Basket Item Number: A7614 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small round pot-shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with flange, and with lid, part (a). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass, with parallel vertical bands of connected triangles, in red, and in dark cherry bark. Fully imbricated base has four sets of parallel stripes in dark cherry bark from center to edge, one single band. Fully imbricated lid has dark cherry bark radiating lines, from center to edge.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada between 1860 and 1880
- Collected during 1881
- Owned by William Rowe
- Owned by Margaret Ades before August 17, 1961
- Received from Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on August 17, 1961
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A7614
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 5.0 cm, diameter 8.7 cm
- Part B
- height 1.1 cm, diameter 5.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Previous Owner
- William Rowe and Margaret Ades
- Received from
- Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- between 1860 and 1880
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0055/0056