Basket Item Number: D1.445 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket with four sides that taper towards the base. The basket is constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), and parallel splint to watch-spring base construction. Decorated with vertical bands composed of althernating and staggered red and off-white, or black and off-white.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected 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
- D1.445
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 26.4 cm, width 42.9 cm, depth 31.1 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
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1960/0688