Basket Item Number: A5063 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled cedar root basket with parallel slat base and loop work foot. Decorated with beading. Each slat row is beaded and alternates in black/red/black/red cherry bark. Handle is overcast and beaded with red cherry bark only. Every other row is looped and the rows in between are overcast. The rim is two strand loop work.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A5063
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 12.7 cm, width 22.9 cm, depth 21.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2004/0033