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Story Knife1570/1

A lightly coloured piece with a blade and a handle decorated with carved lines painted black. The blade has two lines going across the top with five sets of two small arrow -like lines equally spaced alongside. Another shorter line goes across the bottom only halfway along the blade with four short diagonal lines stemming off of it. The handle is carved into an animal with eyes. Along the handle there are six protruding nodules carved out with holes. There is a geometric pattern in between the handle and the blade.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7208 a-b

Woven basket with a spruce root warp and weft with aniline dyed grass. Various twined weaves - base is a mixed twined weave (alternate plain twined weave and wicker weave). Sides and lid have a plain twined weave with an embroidered decoration. Design is a central band of false embroidered diamonds in bright pink bordered by bands of black weft strands. Design on lid is similar, but also has an additional band of pink on the edge of the knob-like handle.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, maidenhair fern stem, aniline dye and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snowshoes1551/1 a-b

Pair of snowshoes. Each is separated into three sections by two wooden boards. The two end sections are filled webbing of thin lengths of skin. Centre section is of knotted, thicker skin thong. There is a hole at one end of centre section. The two ends of each snowshoe are held together by metal wire and nails.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6672

Tall basket with 3 bands of designs; top and bottom designs are similar and consist of a green, purple and pink geometric design enclosed by two thin red bands; middle band consists of purple and pink step designs enclosed by two thin green bands. Rim has light band with diagonal stripes of brown.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
plant fibre and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6671

Bowl-shaped woven basket with geometric pattern on side. Pattern consists of a band of green diamond shapes alternating with yellow-white shapes, and smaller dark brown diamond shapes in rows above and below the green and white band of design.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
plant fibre and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6667

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in aniline dyed grass and spruce root. Various twined weaves - base is mixed twined (plain twined alternating with wicker weave), sides are plain twined with an embroidered design. Design consists of two wide horizontal bands composed of brown concentric squares with an orange and green diamond in the centre. Both bands are bordered by rows of brown and cream. Between the bands are stepped patterns in green and orange. The base has two bands of checkered green.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye, grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7497

Woven cedar and cherry bark basket with checkerwork plaited weaving and a braided border. Cherry bark is woven in over the cedar in weft with bands of varying width.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and cherry bark
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7496

Woven cedar and cherry bark basket. Checkerwork weave of cedar with strips of cherry bark woven in over every other row of the cedar. Rectangular base with rounded top.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cherry bark and cedar bark
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7495

Woven cedar and cherry bark basket with a checker pattern weave (plaiting) on the top border of twined and openwork cherry bark weft elements in bands of one strand or seven strand thickness. Has rectangular bottom with rounded top and twined handle along the bottom and the sides.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cherry bark and cedar bark
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7494

Wall pocket bag woven of cedar, dyed cedar, and swamp grass. Twined weave in natural and dyed cedar with light coloured false embroidery arrow figures in swamp grass over five horizontal dark cedar bands. Consists of a back piece with two attached pieces as pockets. Has handles.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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