Basket Item Number: A7609 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Partially cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base construction (single reinforcement stitches) and a single strand looped border. Imbrication on the front and upper interior back in cat-tail grass (?) with crosses in red cherry bark on front, more random on upper interior back.
Iconographic Meaning
The cluster of flies pattern is featured on this basket.
Item History
- Made by Mary Ann Dan ? (Maker) in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada before 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
- A7609
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 10.0 cm, width 13.5 cm, depth 10.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
- Creator
- Mary Ann Dan ? (Maker)
- 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
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 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 34
- Accession Number
- 0055/0051