Burden Basket Item Number: A5054 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled cedar root basket with elongated watch-spring base construction. Partial imbrication creates concentric, rectangular forms in alternating red, white and black (four staggered rows). Rim of base is beaded. Colour: tan.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1911
- Collected in Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada 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
- Burden Basket
- Identification Number
- A5054
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, dye and canary grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 23.0 cm, width 35.0 cm, depth 24.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- 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
- Collected in
- Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1911
- 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
- 2004/0030