Basket Item Number: A8473 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with double looped border and coiled handles out of top row. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of vertical bands with black bark triangles against red bark background, and vice versa.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected during 1910
- Owned by Mrs. A. C. Whitley
- Owned by Paul Whitley before 1964
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller) during 1964
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- A8473
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- dye, cherry bark and cedar root
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed and coiled
- Overall
- height 15.2 cm, diameter 19.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. A. C. Whitley and Paul Whitley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during 1964
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 0115/0043