Basket Item Number: A7608 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small urn-shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flange, and with lid (part b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Fully imbricated with diagonal bands alternating between red and black cherry bark against grass background. Lid has same design. Base is beaded in grass, every other stitch.
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
- A7608
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, dye, cat-tail grass and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 5.5 cm, diameter 7.7 cm
- Part B
- height 1.2 cm, diameter 5.6 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
- 0055/0050