Basket Item Number: A5055 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cedar root basket with a rectangular base, flaring sides and three loop handles around the rim made from leather thongs. Imbrication (partial). Horizontal panels of diagonal bands in red/black/bulrush with change in direction. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat foundation (inner area); overcast splint rim, imbrication. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Burden basket
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
- A5055
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 28.5 cm, width 42.0 cm, depth 32.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior 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
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 2004/0031