Basket Item Number: A7607 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Rounded cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b). Watch-spring base & lid construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with parallel diagonal stepped bands, alternating every two bands in black & red cherry bark. Fully imbricated lid except for very center. Four dark cherry bark stripes.
Item History
- Made in Canada ?
- 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
- A7607
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 5.3 cm, diameter 8.3 cm
- Part B
- height 1.3 cm, diameter 6.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- 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
- Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0055/0049