Basket Item Number: A3326 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Urn shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with looped border and short foot. Fully imbricated in rows of stepped diagonal bands, alternating in red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot has two rows of alternating bands of red and dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) between. Watch-spring base construction. Basket similar to D1.372.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A3326
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 14.0 cm, diameter 17.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1870/0092