Fruit Basket Item Number: A3228 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket with imbricated stepped design in alternating red/bullrush/black (2 stitches in each colour) in phase with each other. Watch-spring base construction.
History Of Use
Fruit basket.
Iconographic Meaning
Possibly ladder or lightning design.
Narrative
Mount Currie design and weave according to basket makers from Mount Currie.
Item History
- Made in Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada before 1928
- Collected between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Fruit Basket
- Identification Number
- A3228
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 13.0 cm, diameter 28.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1928
- 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 34
- Accession Number
- 1870/0032