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Chest3630/1 a-b

Large lidded wooden chest. The exterior of the chest (part a) shows finely grooved texturing on surface. Each panel has borders at all four edges, with fine, vertical, parallel lines throughout the centre. Five parallel grooves run horizontally along the upper and lower edges of the chest, with diagonal grooves down each adjacent corner. The corners and base are secured with root-like(?) ties, wood pegs and nails. The exterior has a dark brown-black colour. The interior of the chest shows carving tool marks. There is a rectangular piece of wood along the interior, bottom edge of one side panel. The lid (part b) is flat on underside, with an upright ridge along the long front and back edges. The side edges are also carved with fine vertical parallel lines. The lid is composed of three pieces of wood pegged and nailed together. The underside surface of the lid is covered in carving tool marks.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar wood, root ? and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry3454/1 a-b

Basketry covered bottle (part a) with faded design of a whale and whalers in a boat around middle. Above and below the whaling scene is a single red line with half circles repeating through it. There are bands of faded black with repeating red dashes through the centre. On the shoulder of the bottle is an extremely faded black design. The base has various sizes of plant fibres used, and an oval design in bright yellow, outlined in black. Removable basketry lid (part b) has two red dotted lines around the side and a red circle on the top with a faded black spiral design within.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar root ? and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tools of the Artist3403/3 a-c

Artwork representing a carver’s adze (part a) and two glass mauls (parts b-c). The adze blade is made of glass, the handle is maple, painted black. Handle is mostly cylindrical, but narrows towards the top, coming to a point. The blade is oblong, flaring out near the bottom edge, attached to hafting platform with thin, clear plastic twine. More plastic twine wrapped around the handle, near the bottom, to form a handgrip. Artist signature and year engraved into blade, directly below the twine. The larger maul (part b) has a small circular top, tapering handle, and a flared circular bottom. Both ends are flat. The other maul (part c) has a small circular top, tapering handle, and a flared circular bottom. Top has tall, rounded point in centre. Bottom end is flat. Artist signature and year engraved along the bottom edge of both mauls, on the centre back.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
maple wood, plastic, paint and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Canoe3421/8 a-e

Model canoe (part a) with a long, tall notched prow, a flat bottom, and blunt stern with a vertical transom. The prow is carved in the shape of a wolf head. Painted with a red interior. Small lightly etched circles decorate both sides of the bow and stern. There are four thwarts or benches across the width. Two shorter paddles have red blades (parts b-c) and two paddles have green blades (parts d-e).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Tray3369/4

Rounded basketry tray with high sides. Sides are reinforced with cedar bark around the interior. Design around sides features a solid brown band above and below depictions of sea creatures, birds and boats. The rim is wrapped in a single dark green-blue strand, which also outlines the corner edge of the tray, and the square at centre. Centre of the tray features a square of woven cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
root ?, grass ?, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3369/2 a-b

Round basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket sides are decorated with a canoe and sea creature. There are three figures in the canoe, one of them holding a spear. The basket sides bulge at centre, tapering slightly to the rim, reinforced by a band of cedar bark. The basket also tapers slightly towards the base. The centre of the base has a simple square weave of cedar bark. The lid is decorated with a six-point star, faded to red and olive green, which incorporates the knob at centre. The imbricated designs have faded on the exterior basket sides and lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root ?, dye and cedar bark ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry3369/1

Tall bottle covered with a woven basketry sleeve and cap. The bottom of the bottle is bulbous, with a thin tall neck. Weaving alternates between sections of loose and tight weaves. Tight weave is decorated with small birds in faded green and a large wolf(?), and a thunderbird with a snake in its talons.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3355/1 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (part a) with a flat fitted lid (part b). The basket itself is a natural grass colour. Around the base of the basket and rim of the lid is a taupe/bright orange/taupe band, which also forms a circle in the centre of the lid. At mid-point, basket has two rows of offset faded taupe rhomboid/diamond patterns. Midpoint on the lid is a row of faded orange rhomboid/diamond designs.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3355/2 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Near the base of the basket and around rim of the lid is a band of taupe, natural and bright orange in sections of three. Both the bottom edge and lid edge are marked with black and natural repeating. At mid-point, basket has one green and one dark purple reptile-like creature with grey and orange diamond pattern between. Midpoint on the lid decorated with alternating faded orange and black diamond designs, around the small raised section at centre. Heavily faded. The basket itself is a natural grass colour.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/14

A drawing of five skulls on a one-sided piece of paper. The drawing is horizontally oriented. The top-right edge of the paper is cut into a concave curve; the bottom-right edge is cut at a forty-five degree angle. The background of the drawing is decorated with crisscrossing assemblages of line patterns of varying lengths and thicknesses. There are two parallel orange lines extending horizontally from the very left skull to the right edge of the paper; all of the line assemblages above the parallel lines are drawn in orange ink, below the lines are both orange and yellow assemblages. In the foreground, five human skulls are drawn in a row; the skulls are outlined in dark green ink, the interior space is white, and the eye sockets and nasal cavities are decorated with crisscrossing green line patterns. The reverse-side of the paper is blank.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasaht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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