Basket with lid. Basket is round, with a wide shoulder that narrows toward a narrower mouth at top, and a smaller base. The exterior is decorated with cherry bark imbrication in a repeating lightning design in alternating bolts of dark and light brown. The interior bottom is imbricated in a butterfly wing design of triangles in three shades of brown bark. The lid (part b) is slightly domed, with an inset lip and is topped with a round handle at centre. Handle is held to the lid by a short length of white rope attached to a small piece of wood on the underside. Lid is similarly decorated with the repeating lightning design.

• Narrative

  Diane Anderson purchased the basket from a trade store in El Cerrito, California, in 1989. The sales receipt referred to it as an "antique Thompson River" basket, c. 1870s. Inside the basket is a red "Best of Show" ribbon, from the 'American Indian Western Relic Show and Sale', Pasedena, 1989.

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• Type of Item basket
• Culture Nlaka'pamux
• Material cedar root, cherry bark, cotton fibre, wood
• Measurements height 26.5 cm, diameter 50.5 cm (part a) height 10.0 cm, diameter 43.5 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Diane J. Anderson, Craig Anderson, Reid Anderson, Dana Anderson-Breau
• Received from Craig Anderson, Reid Anderson, Dana Anderson-Breau

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• Made in British Columbia

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• Creation Date between 1870 and 1900
• Ownership Date before October 2, 2015
• Acquisition Date on October 2, 2015

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• Item Classes basketry
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3131/0006 a-b