Oval shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar slat foundation. Overcast rim with remnants of a loopwork border. Decorated with vertical stripes of imbricated designs in canary grass and black dyed cherry bark. Cherry bark can be distinguished by the small eyes in the surface of the bark. If the basket maker is skilled the bark has a shiny appearance, if it has not been scraped properly it has a greyish tinge. Canary grass is differentiated from cattail and bear grass by its shiny appearance according to a Stó:lo/Stl’atl’imx elder and basket maker from Mount Currie, who was married into Upper Squamish.

• Object History

  Anne Sarah Hill would have traded blankets for the basket. First Nations people travelled the trail that crossed Deer Lake Brook (Douglas Road / Canada Way). Most likely period is 1895 to 1910. The basket is from the L. Claude Hill family and is associated with Anne Sarah Hill (nee Kendrick) and Kitty Hill. Anne and Claude were married in 1895.

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• Type of Item work basket

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• Made in British Columbia

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• School/Style Salish