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BeaterNh153

Weaving beater. Flat, smooth, sword-like varnished wood with dark brown grains. Slightly bent; striations on surface. Both ends are damaged with small fragments of wood missing.

Culture
Southwest
Material
wood
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNg76

Carrying basket with rounded sides in wicker work on 2.5 cm single warp. The bottom is square, plain, checker work. There is a large band beneath the rim, woven around two sides, separated by two holes (missing carrying strap ?). Rim has two pieces of splints wrapped spaciously by a single strip. Darkened from light yellow with black to brown. The black dyed wefts have faded. Some wefts are broken inside and out. Red berry stains on sides and bottom, also at corners on outside.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
dye and stem ?
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNe224

Small wood, black-painted cradle board style baby carrier. U-shaped willow holder held in position by strips of tanned buckskin, accompanied by black cloth cover with canvas lining. String crisscross pattern down centre of cloth piece. Beaded floral designs in red, blue, pink, and green. Majority of flowers are clear beads. Edges lined with transparent blue and clear bead lines. Top of board is carved in wave design. Top's centre has heart-shaped hole. Above hole, bent band of wood with dip in centre is lashed twice, at both sides, with buckskin strips and held in place by a wood strip placed underneath board and nailed in three places. Inside is unpainted.

Culture
Plains
Material
cotton fibre, paint, sinew, metal, fibre, wood and glass
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlA7586

Bone splinter awl which tapers to a fine point. It is round in cross-section at tip end. Tip flares to blunt end. There is a natural channel at centre on one side, rounded on the other.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bone
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueNh166

Basketry plaque with geometric design on face, spreading from centre to edge. Coiled with a thick grass foundation. Coiled loop attached for hanging.

Culture
Hopi
Material
yucca leaf and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb633

Medium-sized, wide, plain open twine, yellow brown basket with an uneven, wrapped rim in alternating brown bark and yellow grass.

Culture
Yurok
Material
grass, bark and willow wood
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb632

Unfinished, twined basket made of hazel wood(?); warp elements radiate from the centre.

Culture
Yurok
Material
hazel wood ?
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNb631

Large, upright cradle made of willow and/or hazel(?), peeled. Young shoots woven in plain, open twine with large rim wrapped over many rods. Top part is open. Lower part where baby sits has twigs woven across the basket's rim to the bottom which creates a seat and a slipper-like structure.

Culture
Yurok
Material
willow wood ?
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerNa1074 a-b

Coiled basket (a) has circular base with straight sides that taper at mouth. The base has small ivory disc with holes through which the baleen is laced. There are numerous spots where the thin baleen has broken off, the largest sections are found in the centre of the base. Raised circular lid (b) with an inner lip is topped by an ivory disc with a square knob.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk and baleen
Made in
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BucketNa1073

Oval-shaped wood bucket; overlapped sides stitched with root. Brown painted exterior has two carved grooves. Attached by metal pins on both sides of bucket is a piece of walrus tusk with a hole in it and a hide thong tied to a walrus tusk handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
paint, spruce root, metal, skin, walrus tusk and wood
Made in
Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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