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BasketA5031 a-b

Part (a) Rectangular coiled basket with slat base and lid construction and bifurcated stitches on body, with lid, part (b). Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with designs of staggered horizontal bars of colour (red and black) eight stitches long. Lid is partially beaded with cat-tail grass (?), cherry and crabapple bark around rim, and three sections of horizontal bands of red and black beading. String tied at one long side.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark, crabapple bark, cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5032

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with geometric rectangle designs, two on long sides one on short, outlined in dark cherry bark with two smaller rectangles upper and lower in red cherry bark. Short vertical bands at corners in red and dark cherry bark. Four rows of cat-tail grass (?) beading on foot, which may indicate basket was made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C. Fibre handles each side tied together.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
fibre, dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5033

Brown, flat-bottomed basket with a rectangular base and flaring sides. Columns of alternating red/white and black/white geometric motifs around sides. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; partial imbrication. Thong and string ties looped through weaving around rim.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5035

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with looped border on top of rim. Imbricated staggered arrow design in black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Along rim is a row of triangles in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Watch-spring base construction.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5038

Square shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) that tapers to a short flared foot. Three horizontal rows of imbrication, ouer two of cherry bark and middle of cat-tail gras (?), with repeating cross lines of cat-tail grass (?). The upper rim is beaded with black cherry bark. Parallel slat vase construction at base.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA5054

Coiled cedar root basket with elongated watch-spring base construction. Partial imbrication creates concentric, rectangular forms in alternating red, white and black (four staggered rows). Rim of base is beaded. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye and canary grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5055

Cedar root basket with a rectangular base, flaring sides and three loop handles around the rim made from leather thongs. Imbrication (partial). Horizontal panels of diagonal bands in red/black/bulrush with change in direction. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat foundation (inner area); overcast splint rim, imbrication. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3443

Small rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of vertical rows of double triangles, in each row colours alternate between red cherry bark outline with cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark centers and the reverse, and each row starts with the alternate colour.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3501

Round flared coiled basket with foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of large diamond figures in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark at center, then the next is a reverse of the colour configuration. Foot has three rows of cat-tail grass (?) beading, which suggests it may have been made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C. Evidence of a looped border at one time.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA3218

Roughly rectangular, tan-coloured basket with flaring sides and the remnants of scalloped loopwork along the upper rim. Coiled cedar root basket with parallel splint base construction, single strand loopwork rim and partial imbrication. Geometric motifs alternating in black/bulrush and red/bulrush: four horizontal and four vertical rows in phase with each other.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
dye, cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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