Large rectangular basket. Walls of basket (part a) angle outward from base to inset rim. Decoration is an imbricated diamonds, large in the centre, small at top, and lines at bottom and corners, in light brown, dark red and black. Rim is decorated in a thin line of imbrication in the same colours. Lid (part b) fits snugly onto basket lip, and is divided into two sides by a thick line of checked imbrication. Each side has several small diamonds in light brown, dark red, and black. Handles were once attached to the basket’s short sides and lid at centre.

• Narrative

  From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907.

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• Type of Item basket
• Culture Coast Salish
• Material grass, dye, cedar root, cherry bark, cedar wood
• Measurements height 28.5 cm, width 70.0 cm, depth 50.3 cm (part a) height 3.2 cm, width 71.2 cm, depth 50.3 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
• Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby

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• Made in British Columbia

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• Collection Date between 1863 and 1907
• Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
• Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013

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• Item Classes basketry
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3000/0031 a-b