Large rectangular basket with lid. Walls of basket angle outward from base to inset rim. Decoration is offset groups of beading across entire surface, three lines to a group, in yellow-brown, brown and black. A small cedar loop is attached to the front centre, with a thin braided cord in proximity for fastening the basket closed. Lid (part b) fits snuggly on top of inset rim and has similar pattern to basket on lip and surface. Part c is a small half-circle handle that has broken off one of the short sides of the basket. Both basket and lid have twisted cotton cord remnants on one long side, indicating that the two were once attached.

• 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, cherry bark, dye, cedar root, wood, cotton fibre
• Measurements height 20.7 cm, width 53.5 cm, depth 24.7 cm (part a) height 4.0 cm, width 56.2 cm, depth 28.5 cm (part b) height 0.7 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 5.0 cm (part c)

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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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• Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
• Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013

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• Item Classes basketry
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3000/0036 a-c