Basket Item Number: D1.506 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Bowl-shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches), and watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design is a beaded rim, "y" shapes with thick stems in cherry bark and white cat-tail grass (?) sit on a red horizontal border. Vertical rows of cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) are below red horizontal border, and lower border of beaded cat-tail grass (?) is at bottom.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; plant technology
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
- D1.506
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 8.7 cm, diameter 26.3 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0107/0036