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BasketA5102

Plain twined work with false and true embroidered design; braided rim. Design is called: "shark's teeth," "salmon berry," and "fish tail." they are discrete elements in natural and brown on 2 wide brown stripes and bordered by 2 narrow brown stripes.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
maidenhair fern, spruce root and dye
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5103

Base - various twined weaves - mixed and plain. Sides are plain twined work with embroidered and false embroidered design. Upper and lower bands of "meander" pattern in yellow on 3 bands of red. Central row of yellow hourglass shapes which, when connected, give a diamond effect. Central band on a red/green/red ground.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, grass and aniline dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5104

Plain twined work with wide twilled border. A series of twilled ("skip-stitch") zigzag patterns on rim. Cylindrical shape.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5110

Plaited cedar bark base with warp pieces split four ways on sides; sides are of both plait weaving and openwork with cross plaiting. No coloured or added decoration; fibre loop through rim.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
Wrangell, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Burden BasketA5116

Plaited basket and head strap and twined reinforcement; fibre loop around head strap. Undecorated. (head strap? or handle?)

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
Wrangell, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5119

Plain twined weaving with overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery). Two bands of divided diamonds and split diamonds alternated with horizontal crossed line patterns with band of striped pattern in between.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
Hoonah, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5120 a-b

Base is mixed twined work (alternating plain twined and wicker weaves); sides and lid are plain twined with embroidered (false) design. Variation on "half of the head of the salmon berry" (Emmons, design 2). Triangles placed in eschelon ("the spear barb"), and alternating in lines of light brown and dark brown on a light ground. Lid has a circular design of black and white triangles bordered by lines of white. "whirl-wind design" on center. With rattle lid.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, dye and grass
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4310 a-b

Short, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Sides of basket are decorated with four pairs of three-man canoes in alternating red and black; lid features a circular, geometric design in black, purple and yellow. The base consists of plaiting with some coarse woven twining. The sides have wrapped twined weaving. Lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket.

Culture
Makah
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Puget, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA6555

Stone bowl or vessel. Sculpture of a human head and neck, with a small basin-like bowl carved at the back of the head. The face has a mask-like appearance with a pronounced chin and a well-defined edge along the sides and top. Circular eyes, prominent brows and nose, and small slit-shaped mouth. Pitted surface.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Sumas
Material
stone
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7501

Plain twined weaving with middle section partially twisted twined work, and 1 row of twisted twined work where warp splints bend up to form sides. Base - weft strands in inside centre are green later alternating with plain colour on the outside, giving a sunburst effect. Near the outer edge orange strands are plaited in between the warp strands of every other row. Sides - "meander" pattern alternating orange and plain on brown flanking a stepped design in yellow and brown on grey.

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