Basket Item Number: A3215 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Square, coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with centre divider with handle, braided looped border, and foot. Fully imbricated in black and red cherry bark in two rows of keyscroll design. Foot is alternating red and black. Watch spring base construction.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A3215
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- crabapple bark, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 11.0 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 17.5 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
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1870/0019