Storage Basket
Item number A8448 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Rectangular basket with splint foundation and coiled elements of cedar root. Fully imbricated in grass with red and black cherry bark. Foot is beaded in red cherry bark in three coiled rows. Slat bottom. Has steel handles. Fully imbricated and beaded. Designs in black and red cherry bark that consist of zigzags that stretch to the full height of the basket in black/red/black. Also diamonds in red and black with geometric shapes in between.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Cultural Context
basketry; plant technology; storage
Iconographic Meaning
The horizontal zigzag design is known as mountains or mountain chain.
Narrative
Yale Museum Curator, Jennifer Iredale, noted (2002) that the Yale Museum has a basket (994.1.1) with similar designs that was previously owned by Spuzzum Elder Annie York, who attributed it to Annie Lee of Spuzzum. Since the designs on the basket at the Yale Museum and this one are uncommon, this basket has also been attributed to Annie Lee as a possible maker. According to documentation in the file, this basket was collected before 1910 in the Fraser River area.
Item History
- Made by Annie Lee ? (Maker) in Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada ? before 1910
- Collected during 1910
- Owned by Paul Whitley before 1964
- Owned by Mrs. A. C. Whitley
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller) during 1964
What
- Name
- Storage Basket
- Identification Number
- A8448
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass, cherry bark, steel metal and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 30.5 cm, width 62.0 cm, depth 31.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada ?
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Creator
- Annie Lee ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Paul Whitley and Mrs. A. C. Whitley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Paul Whitley (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1910
- Collection Date
- during 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during 1964
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 0115/0026
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