Storage Basket Item Number: A5124 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tan basket made with interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction, double-strand braided loop-work border, and imbrication. Total imbrication. Design consists of four horizontal rows of "half-pyramid" forms that alternate in rows in red and in black cherry bark, all against a bullrush background with two rows of red imbrication.
History Of Use
According to Sto:lo basket makers this basket was probably used for storing roots or wool, and it would likely have been a woman's basket. . It does not have the appearance of a work 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
- Storage Basket
- Identification Number
- A5124
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 22.0 cm, width 45.0 cm, depth 32.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Sto:lo
- 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
- good
- Current Location
- Case 29
- Accession Number
- 2004/0062