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MatA3524

Rectangular woven mat. Edge finished by overcasting on a core of cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8473

Cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with double looped border and coiled handles out of top row. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of vertical bands with black bark triangles against red bark background, and vice versa.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry MatA8472

Small, circular, cedar root mat of interlocking coiled work. Consists of eight plain coiled areas (starting with watch-spring construction) connected by two concentric bands of loop work. The centre design has a star-like appearance. There are interspersed black coils along the outer ring; black and red double coils on the middle ring and an all red central ring.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA2262

Rectangular mat with woven pattern. There are wide bands of dark strands through the weft at regular intervals. Each band consists of pairs of diagonal strips. There is a border along the length of the mat formed by two pairs of dark strips through the warp. The edges are finished by including a wide strip of cedar as the outermost strand and overcasting on a cedar bark core. The mat is made of two pieces sewn together through the middle. There is a wooden dowel attached across one end.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lunch BasketA8447

Basket with cedar root slat foundation and coiled elements of cedar rootlet. Lid is attached with rawhide thongs. Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches with a parallel slat base and lid. Base with graduated parallel reinforcement stitches, and lid with one continuous slat around circumference. Decorated with beading in red and black-dyed cherry bark. Base has flange and is decorated with partial beading. The partial beading consists of vertical groupings of diamond shapes, each consisting of four smaller diamond shapes. There are three groupings, which alternate red/black, on the lid and front and back sides of the basket (one on each edge side).

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
cedar root, skin and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8446

Part (a) Large urn shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid. imbricated design of diagonally criss-crossing bands of red and dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) between. In the space created between are four vertical crosses in dark and red cherry bark with cat-tail grass centers. Foot of two coiled rows. Part (b) lid has barely indented flange on lid. Imbrication has same band configuration forming three peaks. Knob at center of lid.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatB104

The bark is pounded flat and sewn with rattan in large stitches. A hole is made at each end and a twisted cord is threaded through, looped and knotted.

Culture
Iban
Material
bark, rattan and wood
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB95

The basket has a circular opening at the top, becomes square through weaving and rests upon a circular wood base. Two sticks are crossed and lashed between the circular base and the basket. Each end of the stick is bent up the corners of the basket, lashed to the weaving and secured beneath a band at the top. There are two loops on two of the sticks. A length of bark threaded between the basket and the circular base and each end knotted to a loop creating straps. The basket has a diamond pattern woven in light and dark rattan. Underneath the rim there is a red band.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, bark and rattan
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8471

Coiled work basket (bifurcated stitches); base construction is elongated watch-spring along diagonal with filler each side. Sides of basket curve in at four sides. Top rim has slight lip. Foot is fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?), with four red and four dark cherry bark beads. Imbricated design on body is one band of groups of three crosses in red or dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) centers. Under lip is same pattern of imbrication as on foot. On top rim, fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and black cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8470

Oval coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with lip. Parallel base construction. Imbricated design of flowers with leaves, alternating in dark or red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) centers. Lip has small pyramid shapes alternating in red or dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) in center.

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