Basket Item Number: A5030 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Overall imbricated checkerboard design in double rows of red cherry bark, alternating with double rows of dark cherry bark. Bottom two rows on basket and foot are beaded in red cherry bark. Watch-spring base construction.
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
- A5030
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- fibre, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.3 cm, diameter 19.0 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
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 2004/0023