Interior Salish Basket

Interior Salish Basket

Basket
Athapaskan
Indigenous peoples
First Nation
F. C. Swannell
Pemberton Meadows
British Columbia

The source is an interior Salish basket made from Athapaskan people collected by F. C. Swannell in Pemberton Meadows from 1917. The basket has an imbricated design of dyed and undyed cherry bark in the form of different shades of brown that form a certain pattern. The basket could have been used as a container to hold or carry fruits, vegetables, tools, or equipment when building settlements for the local people. The basket could have been used for food given the Pemberton Meadows is located next to the Lillooet River so it would be ideal to place fish in when caught. The theme for the source is the museum age scramble because it was during this time collecting items of different cultures was immensely popular for museums. The object was collected by Swannell and later given to the Royal BC Museum.

Athapaskans
Collected by F. C. Swannell

Royal BC Museum

https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/collections/human-history/ethnology-objects

Created: unknown
Collected in 1917

Sebastian Cook

Royal BC Museum (Item number: RCBM 2930)

N/A

material object - basket

20th century British Columbia