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BasketA2.623

Woven basket with a circular basket and straight, vertical sides. Open twined weaving with weft strand far apart but with wrapped warp border at top and wool overlay embroidery. Hourglass design motif in red with blue-green ends and blue-green with red ends.

Culture
Aleut
Material
sea grass and wool fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.624

Circular utility basket with braided rope at top. Two strand twined openwork weave with warp strands alternating double bound: wool yarn bound round weft strands at top. Four horizontal bands in blue with red dotted lines in interior resulting from wool wound around weft strands.

Culture
Aleut
Material
sea grass, grass and wool fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry CupA2.627

Basketry cup. Plain twined work. Fully false embroidered stepped design (called shaman's hat design) in red and yellow on a natural grass ground. Coated with laquer inside.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, aniline dye, swamp grass and lacquer
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.81 a-b

Woven basket with base and lid. Base - mixed twined weaving: sides - plain twined work with mixed twined work border; lid - plain twined with rattle section: design is false embroidered. Sides - two bands of a "meander" pattern in purple on brown bordered with red. Lid - similar pattern; false embroidery on lid is green; lid has raised centre that rattles.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA7587

Short, flat, dark brown wood bow in cross-section: flat on one side and convex on the other side. Slightly curved at the ends with diamond-shaped tips to form notches for the bowstring. One burned stripe on either end (presumably as a result of heating to make a curve).

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
yew wood
Made in
Nooksack, Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC50

A fairly smooth grey stone with a bell shape that is semi-rounded at the bottom. Tapers to a cylindrical-like handle with a mushroom-cap-like end.

Culture
Hawaiian
Material
stone
Made in
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC1322

A small, polished, brown, round bowl.

Culture
Hawaiian
Material
wood
Made in
Hawaii, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.591 a-b

Wicker weave with twilled weave for patterns. Running pattern on top and side (with pattern running clockwise on top, and counter-clockwise on the sides). The colour is dark greyish-blue-purple.

Culture
Aleut
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Nome, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.594

Cylindrical light brown woven basket with several black weft fibres used at random intervals.

Culture
Aleut
Material
sea grass and dye
Made in
Samalga, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.595 a-b

Beehive-shaped coil basket with flat bottom and a flat, fitted lid; lid is tied to the basket on one side with a piece of string.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
sea pea grass ? or barley grass ?
Made in
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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