Tray

MOA: University of British Columbia

3147/5

Basketry divided tray. Constructed of cedar slats wrapped in cedar root. Base is rectangular, with short, straight walls. The interior is divided in half by a partition with a rounded top, that sits higher than the basket edge, with a handle hole at centre. Dark red and black cherry bark imbrication decorates the sides of the basket in sets of short diagonal lines.


  • Type of Item tray
  • Culture Sto:lo
  • Material cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, dye
  • Measurements height 11.5 cm, width 32.0 cm, depth 18.0 cm (overall)

  • Creator Mary Charles
  • Previous Owner Mary Charles, N. Rose Point, Wayne Point
  • Received from Wayne Point

  • Made in Seabird Island

  • Ownership Date before 2012, before February 9, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on February 9, 2016

  • Item Classes basketry
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3147/0005