Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0820 | |
| 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 | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) splints and roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Cherry (Prunus emarginata) bark | |
| Description | Deep rectangular berry gathering basket with flat base, rounded corners, and slightly flaring sides, woven in coiled technique over a bundle foundation; Warp material is cedar splints and primary weft material is cedar roots; Designs are woven in imbrication technique and consist of 14 composite vertical stripes extending up the sides of the basket, each comprising a central stripe woven of natural red cherry bark or mud-dyed black cherry bark, flanked on either side by stripes that alternate undyed bear grass with either natural red or mud-dyed black cherry bark; Additional, a band of natural red cherry bark is woven in ribbon beading technique along two coils along the lower sides and also along the final rim coil; Series of small holes in uppermost 3.5 cm of basket indicates location of original loop handles. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.3, Width = 30.5, Depth = 22.2, Max Diam = 30.5 | |