Lillooet Salish Miniature Teacup & Saucer

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Lillooet Salish Miniature Teacup & Saucer

Description

Neat little cup and saucer with a delicate handle. Just below the rim of the cup and inside the rim of the saucer is a single band of cherry bark beading.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 2002

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Cascades and Plateau

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Interior Salish

First Nation, Native American

Dimensions

Height

1-7/8 in

Diameter

2-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Cup is 1-1/2" high, 2-1/4 diameter max and 1" diameter at base. Saucer is 5/8" high and 2-3/4" diameter.

Material

Cedar Root, Spruce Root, Cherry Bark

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Cedar Root, Spruce Root

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Cedar Root

Coil Direction

Right

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Cedar Root

Stitch Details

Regularly Split, Interlocking, Regularly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped

Coiled Contruction Notes

The cup and saucer each have one row of cherry bark decoration just before the rim applied using the "beading" technique.