Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0011-0004 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Thompson or Fraser River Salish | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Thompson and/or Fraser River areas | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) splints and roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves or common reed (Phragmites australis) stems; Cherry (Prunus emarginata) bark; Leather | |
| Description | Large deep rectangular basket with rounded corners, flat base and flaring sides, woven in coiled technique over a bundle foundation; Warp material is cedar splints and primary weft material is cedar roots; Three leather carrying loops on upper exterior sides (2 on one side and 1 on the opposite side) are threaded through sides of basket and knotted on interior; Designs consist of 8 narrow horizontal and parallel bands that completely encircle basket on exterior, beginning on the lower sides all the way up to, and including, the final rim coil; Each design band comprises long segments of natural brown-red cherry bark that are woven in ribbon beading technique, interrupted by 10 shorter and regularly spaced segments that are woven in the imbrication technique, using mud-dyed black cherry bark in the center, flanked by undyed bear grass leaves or reed stems; The segments in each band are all vertically aligned with those in the other bands. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 29.4, Width = 42.8, Depth = 33.1, Max Diam = 42.8 | |