Basket
Item number A7613 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Part (a) Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with rounded shoulder and flange, and a lid, part (b). Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with vertical rows in dark cherry bark. On long sides, two rows have diagonal stripes between lines, between these is central design of horizontal bars crossing vertical lines, with cat-tail grass (?) stitches at every junction. Same design is on short sides. Outer rim of lid continues imbrication and design on basket. Top of rim is solid row of cat-tail grass (?). Alternating rows of beaded cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark.
Iconographic Meaning
This basket demonstrates two different versions of the ladder design.
Item History
- Made by Maggie Nelson (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada during 1881
- 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
- A7613
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 11.8 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 16.0 cm
- Part B
- height 2.2 cm, width 22.2 cm, depth 12.8 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Maggie Nelson (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- William Rowe and Margaret Ades
- Received from
- Margaret Ades (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- during 1881
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 0055/0055
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