Basket Item Number: D1.409 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled work (bifurcated stitches), bottom has parallel slat construction. Fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and pattern of cherry bark in "cluster of flies" (checkerboard stripes) design in black on upper half staggered with shapes in black on lower half.
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
- D1.409
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 7.5 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 11.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish
- 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
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2004/0142