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ButtonNb11.269

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and red border (one row). This is contained within a blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.268

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with a brown border (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles perched on a bent harpoon. Four alternating yellow and orange triangles are across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border with a brown circle before two green rows at the edge. On the reverse, there is one row of brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.267

Tightly woven button with a grey centre encircled by a brown line (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles are perched on a bent harpoon. There are four alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border, encircled with two green rows and a brown row on the reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.266

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with a brown border (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles perched on a bent harpoon. Four alternating yellow and orange triangles are across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border with a brown circle before two green rows at the edge. On the reverse, there is one row of brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.265

Tight woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and grey border (one row). This is contained within a red circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating blue and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and red on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
paper, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.264

Tight woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and blue border (one row). This is contained within a red circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating blue and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and red on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
paper, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.259

Square-bottomed basket with rounded corners and flaring sides. Bottom checker work and warp in cedar; undyed areas of body, bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Dyed areas are grass. Bands of various colours with rectangular motif in middle. Interior shows original colours, including turquoise, yellow, brown and black.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass, swamp grass ?, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.258

Cylindrical vase-like glass bottle with a woven covering; checker work and twining on bottom; body is wrapped twined. Bottom, warp, weft of crossed warp checker area are cedar; outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs include three bands in various colours with duck and flower (?) motif. Colours include orange, red, brown, green and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass, swamp grass, aniline dye, cedar bark and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.257

Tall, cylindrical basket with small area of bottom in checker work and twining; body is wrapped twined. Checker work and warp are cedar, outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge. Six equally spaced bands of assorted colours; exterior dyes are faded; interior shows colours in red, brown, purple, yellow and green which have not faded.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye, swamp grass ? and bear grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEf220

A shadow puppet of leather cut out representing a male figure, nobly adorned. Aniline dyes have blocked the normal transparency. Dyes include black, red, purple, pink, green, and yellow. Three limbs move. The one moveable arm is jointed at the shoulder and elbow. Costume and jewelry include a series of punched out designs. Has pink skin. Wearing an elaborate yellow, red, and green headdress. Black overcoat has yellow, red, and green accents with a pink, and red belt. Red scarf is decorated with green dots, and edged with pink. Yellow, green, red, purple, and pink pants with black shoes.

Culture
South India
Material
aniline dye and goat skin
Made in
Waltair, Andhra Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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