Basket Item Number: D1.500 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Goblet shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Watch-spring base construction, and a foot of eight coiled rows (one row is loop work). Most of the bowl is fully imbricated in alternate rows of cat-tail grass (?), red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and dark cherry bark,this series repeats three times with five final rows of alternating cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot has two rows of beading at base, upper in cat-tail grass (?) and lower in red cherry bark.
Cultural Context
basketry; plant technology; storage
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1910 and 1965
- Owned by Henry Castillou before 1965
- Received from Henry Castillou (Donor) during 1965
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.500
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 17.2 cm, diameter 17.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Henry Castillou
- Received from
- Henry Castillou (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1910 and 1965
- Ownership Date
- before 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during 1965
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0107/0030