Basket Item Number: D1.296 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Square coiled basket (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction. Imbricated geometric pattern the same on each opposite side: a middle vertical row of arrows in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), some with rectangular background in red cherry bark; and on each side is a vertical row of mirror image right-sided triangles.
History Of Use
Burden basket
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1925 and 1928
- Owned by John M. Buchanan before May 1948
- Received from John M. Buchanan (Donor) during May 1948
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- D1.296
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 16.85 cm, width 27.4 cm, depth 26.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- Previous Owner
- John M. Buchanan
- Received from
- John M. Buchanan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1925 and 1928
- Ownership Date
- before May 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during May 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1870/0086