Basket Item Number: A5027 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated pattern of horizontal stripes of cat-tail grass (?) with short intervals of dark cherry bark, and red cherry bark up to rim. Top and inside of rim is also beaded in red cherry bark, as is bottom of basket.
History Of Use
Burden basket
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
- A5027
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 18.7 cm, width 30.2 cm, depth 24.2 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
- good
- Current Location
- Case 32
- Accession Number
- 2004/0021