Basket Item Number: D1.447 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Upper half of basket is fully beaded on three sides in cat-tail (the rows are staggered) with single rows of black cherry bark. Fourth side is plain in the center. Rim is beaded in black cherry bark.
History Of Use
Burden basket
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
- D1.447
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 19.7 cm, width 30.7 cm, depth 25.6 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
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 0107/0016