Baby Carrier Item Number: A8144 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basketry tan cradle of simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction and a flat braid (three strand) rim with looped braiding at the head end. Decorated with partial beading: four slat rows of beading near the front with four beaded rows per slat. Design features a series of chevron figures each with four beaded rows in red or black cherry bark alternating with similar cat-tail grass bands. Also five groups of four beaded pyramid forms each in red cherry cotton print material for fastenings.
History Of Use
Baby carrier. Andrea Laforet of the Canadian Museum of Civilization suggests that basketry cradles came into use in the mid to late 1800s.
Cultural Context
basketry; children
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada between 1950 and 1962
- Owned by Mrs. Archie Jones
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
- Name
- Baby Carrier
- Identification Number
- A8144
- Type of Item
- carrier
- Material
- cedar root, dye, cotton fibre, cherry root and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 13.4 cm, width 24.5 cm, depth 67.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. Archie Jones and Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1962
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 5
- Accession Number
- 0081/0119 b