Basket Item Number: D1.245 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part (a) Rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with narrow opening, and flanged lid, part (b). Watch-spring base construction. Beaded body, alternating every two rows between crabapple bark and cat-tail grass (?). Deer skin (?) handle tied near opening. Foot is beaded with crabapple. Lid, all but small center portion is imbricated in alternating cat-tail grass (?) and cherry bark.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.245 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, deer skin ?, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and crabapple bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 16.0 cm, diameter 20.0 cm
- Part B
- height 1.6 cm, diameter 8.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2004/0110 a-b