Burden basket; flaring rectangular form; imbricated; design on top ⅔ in alternating black and red on light ground, on lower ⅓ in straw color on dark ground; rawhide loops at top.
Donor:
Older University Collections
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Lillooet
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
ca. 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Burden basket. "Note from Arthur Wurburton says basket formerly used as office waste basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 43 centimeters, width 31 centimeters, and height 31 centimeters
Comment:
References: Haeberlin et al, "Coiled Basketry in British Columbia and Surrounding Region," Pl. 30.