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Basket2936/3

Round, woven cedar basket, straight sided. The basket is made of cedar slats wrapped with cedar root, with two intertwining rows of wrapped looping along the rim. The exterior is decorated with diagonal lines of triangles in light brown, red and dark brown.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and canary grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/5

Rectangular woven cedar basket with attached lid. Basket is made with cedar root wrapped around an under-structure of cedar slats. The exterior is decorated with red, light brown and dark brown imbrication in a large zigzag pattern. The lid is attached to the basket with two hide thongs on one of the longer sides. It is decorated with a pattern of imbricated squares in the same colour as that on the body. There are two hide ties attached to the front of the basket and the edge of the lid to tie it closed.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, rawhide skin and canary grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/4 a-b

Round woven cedar basket with lid (part b). Basket wall is straight and flares slightly from bottom toward top. The exterior is decorated with four vertical lines of inverted triangles, three to a line. The rim is decorated with short horizontal lines of imbrication at intervals. The lid is coiled, with a large coiled knob at centre. It is decorated with ‘V’ shapes of black imbrication and has an inset rim that fits inside the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, canary grass and dye
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/2 a-b

Rectangular woven cedar basket, with flat slightly oval lid (part b) that fits tightly inside the rim. The basket is made of cedar slats wrapped with cedar root, cherry bark (red and black) and grass imbrication designs on all sides and lid. The lid has eight separate 'butterfly' designs; the long sides have a large central design surrounded by four small crosses, while each end repeats the main design. The central design is a widened star-like design with four side points, with wider, squared-off top and bottom points. The lid has a short lip; the base of the basket is almost flat.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and dye
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2936/1

Round woven cedar basket. Basket is coiled in construction and is narrow at the base, flaring slightly toward the rim. The exterior is decorated with red, light brown and dark brown imbrication in three six-sided star motifs. Imbrication also decorates the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and dye
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/14 a-b

Small rectangular cedar basket with lid. The basket is straight sided with sides flaring slightly toward the mouth. Imbricated inverted triangles in dark red, black and light brown decorate each side. The lid is flat with a slightly raised edge and is decorated with three lines of imbrication down the centre and an encircling line around the edge.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and canary grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/18 a-b

Rectangular cedar basket with lid. Basket bottom is pedestal style with four triangular legs. The shape of the pedestal influences the interior of the basket, with small ledges in each of the short ends, and the centre of the interior base lays at the centre bottom of the pedestal. Horizontal lines of imbrication in alternating dark red, light brown and black encircle the basket and base. The lid is flat with a rim that sits inside the basket and is also decorated with lines of imbrication in black, dark red and light brown.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/13

Rectangular cedar basket with one central handle. The basket has a protruding rounded point midway along the top of each of the longer walls where a long rounded handle is attached at both sides. The outside is decorated with alternating horizontal lines of imbrication in dark red and brown-black.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/10

Rectangular basket with two handles. Basket is made of cedar slats with cedar root wrapping. The basket is decorated on the long sides with dark red imbrication in an inverted central triangle accompanied by two smaller triangles, and an inverted black and white triangle on each of the shorter sides. Dark red imbrication encircles the base. The basket is topped with several rows of looping in a loose diamond pattern, each culminating in a long, wrapped, semicircular handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/7

Rectangular cedar basket with two handles. The basket is straight sided but flares slightly toward the top. Two long rounded handles are attached to the top edge of the long sides. The exterior walls are decorated with short imbricated bar patterns of light brown, dark brown and dark red.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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