Basket Item Number: D1.275 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large rectangular coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket. Parallel slat base construction. Flange and foot are one slat each. Coiled handles. Partially imbricated front and back with two rows of joined horizontal rectangles, in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) in between. Between these rectangles are four diamonds in different colour patterns, in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Sides have similar design, but with half of continuous rectangle design flanking three different colour patterned diamonds, in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot and handles are beaded in red cherry bark. Part (a) Lid has two zig-zag rows, one on each side, in red and dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) in between, flanking diamond design in three colours and then reversed. Corners of lid are heavily beaded, alternating in red and dark cherry bark. Four checkered squares fill the sides, alternating between cat-tail grass (?), dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and red cherry bark. Short sides have three short diagonal rows in cat-tail grass (?). Cherry bark beading at edge of top and bottom edge.
History Of Use
Storage basket.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Nicola, British Columbia, Canada between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George H. Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George H. Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.275 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Part A
- height 3.8 cm, width 89.0 cm, depth 53.3 cm
- Part B
- height 49.0 cm, width 92.5 cm, depth 55.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
- Previous Owner
- George H. Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George H. Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Nicola, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1960/0658 a-b