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BasketD3.13

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white and green leaf design of stitched porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread. Inscribed on the bottom are the word "Williams" and the number 10 in a circle.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.14

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white, green and pink leaf design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.16

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a pink, white and green design of stitched porcupine quills with four leaves in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.17

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white and green, four-leafed design of stitched porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread. Inscribed on the bottom are the word "Williams" and the number 8 enclosed in a circle.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD3.177

Brown velvet pouch with multicoloured braided drawstrings with pompoms on the ends. White, green, blue, purple, gold, turquoise and transparent beads sewn in floral design on front. Back is of turquoise silk. Interior lining is blue checked cotton. Edges are covered with a scalloped beaded fringe.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
glass, silk fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
USA and Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatD3.18

Brown, oval-shaped birch bark mat with red, green, yellow and white quill decoration in the centre. Two bands of sweet grass coils with a single band of zigzagging open work between them--all sewn with black thread--encircle the central birch panel.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
sweet grass, birch bark, cotton fibre and porcupine quill
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.22 a-b

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom, straight, vertical sides and a flat lid that is attached to the basket with ties on one side--two loops to be tied together with string are on the opposite side of the lid and top of the basket. Three concentric circles of black, red, and gold enameled willow ring the lid, while three similar bands encircle the sides of the basket.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
reed grass, willow wood, paint, lacquer ? and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeD3.193

Model version of an Eastern woodlands style canoe. Canoe is made from birch bark lashed to a wooden frame with root lacings. Upper edge of the canoe is rimed with a slender branch that is overcast with strips of root. Black, resinous pitch is used to patch seams and holes in the birch bark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
birch bark, wood, resin and root
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe BowlD3.179

Grey-brown, broken stone pipe bowl--jagged break where the bowl should connect to a stem.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
stone
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsD3.186 a-b

Hand sewn, white-grey children's moccasins with small, multicoloured beaded panels covering the vamp. Black and green woolen fabric is sewn onto the back of the heels and covered with white and red patterned beading. Long skin straps are sewn to each side of the moccasins.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
wool fibre, deer skin and glass
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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