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BasketA5204

Large flared oval coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) basket with tumpline attached. Elongated watch-spring base construction, cross-stitch on rim. Zig-zag stepped design in black with 'bear' grass outline (2 rows in phase) with small grass cross shapes creating a diagonal line down each strip. Tumpline is braided and knotted, but not near center where is woven on one side with blue and red fibre. Ties at front near rim.

Culture
Klickitat
Material
cedar root, dye, bear grass, cherry bark, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5220

Twined, rounded basket with twisted loops on the rim. False embroidery. Design consists of vertical zigzags imposed on vertical stripes.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7612

Interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches)basket. Watch-spring base construction, sides completely imbricated. Beading on interior walls near rim, and on exterior base. Horizontal band of three lines, one in center of red cherry bark, with large diamonds at three places. Geometric patterns above and below horizontal band, including vertical arrows and animal.

Culture
Klickitat ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7615

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitching) with full imbrication over entire surface of the basket. Design on attached lid is a circle with radiating lines in cherry bark. Pattern on body of basket is four vertical alternating key motif in red or dark cherry bark. Lid strung to basket.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
dye, cedar root, deer skin ?, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7515

Basket made with plain twined weaving. The warp is arranged radially on the bottom of the basket and parallel on the sides with the black strands woven in to form two thicker black bands at the top and bottom and a thinner band at the centre. The border is two-strand braided with a series of three loops of warp strands forming an almost scalloped edge.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA17072

Bentwood box in an unusual shape, with two square-shaped pieces connected by a narrow passage in the centre. The corners were bent, with the last corner, and base, pegged and sewn with cedar withe. Faded face painted at one end.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.618

Birch bark dish. Birch bark bent and sewn into place. The rim is reinforced with splints overcast with birch root and decorated with black bark. A twig is laced on lower down. There are also heavier pieces of bark on the ends and sides for reinforcement. Light side of bark is to the outside and darker flaps are laced on the ends and sides. The rim is overcast splints beaded with black bark. Part of the overcasting stitch leaves the splints exposed.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
birch bark, birch root and birch wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchC104

A rich red-brown seed pouch attached to a belt by loops of similar strung seeds.

Culture
Hawaiian
Material
seed
Made in
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC941

The cloth is rectangular with designs covering the entire surface in dark red-brown, brown and black on a natural off-white background. On one side there are squares outlined in black and filled in with large black double triangles and patterned brown backgrounds. The other side shows the exact same designs but painted only in brown on the natural background.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, dye and oil ?
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.620

Birch bark is bent and laced into place. On the rim, splints are overcast (open stitch) and then beaded with red and black yarn. Around the mid-section of the basket a twig is sewn on for reinforcement. The rim is overcast; three stitches, then every other stitch is beaded with black thread (six stitches) then three stitches, openwork, then the next series of three then three overcast.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
birch bark, birch root, fibre and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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