Basket Item Number: D1.316 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket base (a) and lid (b) with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), and a watch-spring coil base and lid construction. The lid has an indented flange, an overcast rim and handles coiled over buckskin. The lid is decorated with an eight-pointed star design in partial imbrication in bulrush/black with triangles in bulrush/red around the outer edge and four small elements around the centre. The body is decorated with vertical off-white bulrush bands with a black or red meander pattern interspersed with small red or black and off-white elements arranged vertically and alternating in colour.
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
- D1.316 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 30.5 cm, diameter 33.0 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
- Current Location
- Case 33
- Accession Number
- 2004/0119 a-b