Basketry Tray Item Number: A2273 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, brown tray of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction. Partial imbrication. The sides are three splint rows with a wrapped border. Interior of the basket has three concentric divisions and an inner row of grass and then two rows of alternating black cherry bark and grass repeated. Between these, there are nine diagonal lines in red, then nine shapes in red, then twenty "X" shapes in red with grass inside.
Cultural Context
basketry; food service
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Basketry Tray
- Identification Number
- A2273
- Type of Item
- tray
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cedar wood and grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 4.4 cm, diameter 58.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair