Miniature Basket Item Number: A2281 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small coiled cedar root basket ( with bifurcated stitches) with lid (part b), that sits just inside basket rim. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of four triangles - one small and one large, in pairs, in checkerboard pattern of dark cherry bark with grass and red cherry bark with grass. Domed lid continues larger checkered pattern in same colour configuration.
Cultural Context
basketry; storage; economic activity
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Miniature Basket
- Identification Number
- A2281 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 8.3 cm, diameter 9.6 cm
- Part B
- height 2.7 cm, diameter 8.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish ?
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 33