Basket Item Number: A5020 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small rectangular coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with double loop work border at rim, and on foot. Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design in vertically connected checkered diamond pattern, alternating in black and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Five vertical stripes per side and 3 per end.
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
- A5020
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, dye and cat-tail grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 13.3 cm, width 29.0 cm, depth 15.0 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
- 2004/0018