Basket Item Number: Nd551 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Heart shaped coiled cedar root basket with inner rim and flared outer rim. Parallel base construction and watch-spring lid construction. Part (b) Lid is convex and sits inset on the inner rim of the basket. Imbricated design look similar to spade shapes that alternate in red cherry bark and cat-tail or black-dyed cherry bark or cat-tail. Lid has same pattern as well as two upper rows of triangles alternating in red or dark cherry bark.
Cultural Context
storage; basketry; plant technology
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
- Nd551 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 8.5 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 26.2 cm
- Remarks
- height 8.0 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 24.7 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
- 1870/0006