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BasketA2346 a-b

Cylindrical woven basket (a) with a rounded bottom and an acorn-shaped lid (b). Plain twined work with braided border. Four black horizontal stripes painted around the sides. Brown woven band encircling the centre of the lid.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
spruce root, dye and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1860

Short, cylindrical basket made from plaited origin (raffia); wrapped twined weaving over two splint rows, direction of stitches changes with every four rows; rim is overcast.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar root and palm leaf
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1878 a-b

Basket (a) and lid (b) constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel base construction and elongated watch-spring lid construction (no flange). Imbricated and beaded designs: the lid has three rows of beading in red cherry bark, and the basket has partial imbrication with vertical checkered bands ten stitches wide in black cherry bark and off-white cat-tail grass. Two stitches of each colour in checkerboard arrangement with some triangular double vertical bands in black.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flower BasketA1882

Cylindrical basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base and cross-stitch on rim. One row is partially beaded with a radiating pattern in bark, next row has two alternating beaded stitches, and the following has three alternating beaded stitches.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root and bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketD1.504

Oval, narrow flared coil basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of vertical striped pattern with connected cross-shapes, rows alternating in black cherry bark with red centers, and red with black centers. Three stripes per side, one per end.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe PaddleA129

Paddle painted black except for one side of the blade on which a scene is painted in oils. It shows a plank house with a totem pole in front. In the foreground, there stands a woman who is bare to the waist and wrapped in a red blanket. A background of sky, mountains, and trees and a foreground of vegetation completes the scene. The Chinook words 'Klahoya Tillicum' [hello friends] are painted on the blade.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Laich-kwil-tach
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA133

Large wooden spoon with an elongated bowl and flat, squared-off handle. Bowl painted in distributive, black Northwest Coast design. Stylized smiling human face painted black on underside of bowl. Hole in side of bowl and on handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA146

Twenty-three bear claws attached by leather thongs to a leather head band; claws are held upright by a long strip of leather tied to each claw.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin and bear claw
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA149 a-ppp

Leather pouch (part a) and sixty seven (parts b-ppp) bone game pieces. Pouch strap has an ornamental bone carving on the end. One piece (part b) has an inlaid abalone shell dot near the end and an empty hole on the opposite side. Forty five of the thin cylindrical bone sticks (parts c-uu) have incised lines around their centres. The other twenty one pieces (parts vv-ppp) are plain bone.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin, abalone shell and bone
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA150

Five bone soul catchers strung together on a string, carved with both ends open, and stained with red ochre.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bone, cedar bark and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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