Basket Item Number: A3208 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) in heart shape with imbricated designs of crosses on rim alternating in black cherry bark/grass or red cherry bark/grass. Body of basket has same alternating pattern of black cherry bark/grass and red cherry bark/grass in checkerboard diamond figures. Back is a triangle checkerboard. Few loops left of single strand looped border.
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
- A3208
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, deer skin ?, dye and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 5.2 cm, width 13.3 cm, depth 18.0 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
- 1870/0013