Basket
Item number A3230 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Small flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches), with foot and looped border. Coiled knob on one side of basket at rim, other side is only fibre left, may indicate basket had a handle at one time. Watch-spring/parallel base construction. Imbricated design of one diamond on each side, two short sides have grass diamond outlined in dark cherry bark with red bark centre, and two long sides have grass diamond with red bark outline and dark bark centre. Foot beaded with two rows of grass.
History Of Use
Miniature work basket
Narrative
Foot beaded with two rows of grass, indicative that basket may have been made in Spuzzum, B.C.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by C. F. Newcombe between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A3230
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, dye and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.4 cm, width 17.6 cm, depth 14.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Field Collector
- C. F. Newcombe
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 1870/0034
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