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Basket1570/30

Cylindrical woven basket with four raised arch-like bumps around the upper edge and faded dark brown geometric patterning around the sides.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root ?, grass, pigment and cherry bark
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6664

Twined basket with a diagonal design pattern. Round with alternating light and dark coloured warps. Trimmed with two dark and two black horizontal bands.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
bear grass and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adze870/1 a-b

A long wooden adze handle (part a) carved with a stylized bear head at the angled section, with hair attached. Wrapped with cord in the middle and at the handle end. Note: the metal blade is no longer attached. Part b is a small folded leather blade cover, with a rubber band attached to the sides.

Culture
American
Material
wood, fibre, rubber and leather skin
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd708

Large oval coiled basket (bifurcated stitches), with elongated watch-spring construction and over-cast stitched rim. Fully imbricated in grass with geometric stepped zig-zag pattern in bark, bottom row continuous, top row in open spaces of lower pattern. Single solid row of bark near rim.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
wood ?, cedar root, bark, grass and dye ?
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horn BowlNbz799

Small oval-shaped bowl made from horn. The front and the back sides slope upwards from a small flat rectangular base. The sides are almost vertical and terminate in rectangular open work handles. One handle has four vertical rectanglar openings surmounted by three rounded triangles. The other handle has three vertical rectanglar openings surmounted by four rounded triangles. A series of incised horizontal zigzag and solid lines decorate the area around the rim (two horizontal bands at either side) and from each handle to the base and around the base (multiple bands from one handle down along the bottom and up to the other handle). The interior of the bowl has a scratched surface with a white inscription.

Culture
Wasco
Material
mountain sheep horn
Made in
Cape Shoalwater, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.285

Twined basket with overlaid twining in purple zigzag. Braided rim and carrying handle. There are five vertical zigzag rows and two rows of purple twining under the rim which have faded.

Culture
Makah
Material
cedar root and grass
Made in
Washington, 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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Spear ThrowerA7021

Intricately carved wooden spear thrower, or atlatl, with two finger holes at proximal end. A portion of the distal end is missing. The dorsal surface is incised with lines that function as a spear groove. Central form is a feather-crested lightning snake on a human figure, on the ventral surface as a weight. The figures have white inlaid eyes. The eye material appears to be bone, covered with a resin coating? The carved figure culminates in an unusual bifurcated tail. Inlaid eye is missing from right side of the human face.

Culture
Coast Salish: Swinomish ?
Material
bone ? and yew wood
Made in
Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4072 a-b

Miniature, cylindrical woven basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); cedar bark warps and swamp grass wefts. Base has plaited origin and twisted twined work (over several warp strands). Upper and lower rim of basket have one row of red wefts. Center of lid has a red sunburst design.

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