Basket Item Number: A5033 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown, flat-bottomed basket with a rectangular base and flaring sides. Columns of alternating red/white and black/white geometric motifs around sides. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; partial imbrication. Thong and string ties looped through weaving around rim.
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
- A5033
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 22.0 cm, width 32.5 cm, depth 24.0 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
- Accession Number
- 2004/0026