Basket Item Number: A3297 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small round coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches). Imbricated pattern of three alternating rows of crosses in dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass(?) centres, and red cherry bark with cat-tail grass(?) centres. Watch-spring base construction.
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
- A3297
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled and imbricated
- Overall
- height 7.0 cm, diameter 12.6 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
- 1870/0063