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Chief's Blanket2991/1

Large beige wool blanket with a long wool fringe at one end. Six stripes of stroud cloth (four brown, one red and one dark blue) are incorporated into the body of the blanket (after weaving). The red stripe also has a green piece of fabric woven in with it. (The thick twisted fringe has lost some pieces.)

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish ?
Material
wool fibre, mountain goat wool fibre, dog wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2965/4 a-d

Mat made of tightly woven strips of cedar, thin warps and wefts to the inside, with a border of wider strips on the edges. Inset from the border and running along its length is a decoration of two lines that cross at the corners, made of cedar strips dyed a darker brown. The mat has been broken or cut into four pieces, three of which are roughly similar in size, with the fourth (part b) being double in size. All pieces of the mat may not be extant; the broken edges are loose and unravelling.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish ?
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2965/3 a-c

Mat made of tightly woven strips of cedar, thin warps and wefts to the inside, with a border of wider strips on three edges. Inset from the border and running along its length and width are decorative bands of dark-dyed cedar strips that cross at the corners. The mat is damaged and torn into four parts, however two of these (part a) remain attached by black thread that was machine sewn along all the borders.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish ?
Material
cedar bark, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat2965/2

Mat made of tightly woven strips of cedar, thin warps and wefts to the inside, with a border of wider strips on three edges. Inset from the border and running along its length is a decoration of several darker lines that cross at the corners, made of cedar strips dyed a darker brown. The mat is damaged and parts have been machine sewn together with black thread.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish ?
Material
cedar bark, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2965/1 a-b

Loosely woven square cedar basket with a detached handle (part b). The loose weave pattern is achieved by crossing the warp series in open twined work. On the walls of the basket the cedar warps criss-cross diagonally, fitting between the thinner and widely spaced weft. The base of the basket is made of thicker strips of cedar in a checkerboard pattern. The handle is short and braided.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish ?
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/3

Round, woven cedar basket, straight sided. The basket is made of cedar slats wrapped with cedar root, with two intertwining rows of wrapped looping along the rim. The exterior is decorated with diagonal lines of triangles in light brown, red and dark brown.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and canary grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/5

Rectangular woven cedar basket with attached lid. Basket is made with cedar root wrapped around an under-structure of cedar slats. The exterior is decorated with red, light brown and dark brown imbrication in a large zigzag pattern. The lid is attached to the basket with two hide thongs on one of the longer sides. It is decorated with a pattern of imbricated squares in the same colour as that on the body. There are two hide ties attached to the front of the basket and the edge of the lid to tie it closed.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, rawhide skin and canary grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/4 a-b

Round woven cedar basket with lid (part b). Basket wall is straight and flares slightly from bottom toward top. The exterior is decorated with four vertical lines of inverted triangles, three to a line. The rim is decorated with short horizontal lines of imbrication at intervals. The lid is coiled, with a large coiled knob at centre. It is decorated with ‘V’ shapes of black imbrication and has an inset rim that fits inside the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, canary grass and dye
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/2 a-b

Rectangular woven cedar basket, with flat slightly oval lid (part b) that fits tightly inside the rim. The basket is made of cedar slats wrapped with cedar root, cherry bark (red and black) and grass imbrication designs on all sides and lid. The lid has eight separate 'butterfly' designs; the long sides have a large central design surrounded by four small crosses, while each end repeats the main design. The central design is a widened star-like design with four side points, with wider, squared-off top and bottom points. The lid has a short lip; the base of the basket is almost flat.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and dye
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/1

Round woven cedar basket. Basket is coiled in construction and is narrow at the base, flaring slightly toward the rim. The exterior is decorated with red, light brown and dark brown imbrication in three six-sided star motifs. Imbrication also decorates the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and dye
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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