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Model Cradle Board2-450
Maskette1999-78/1
Tapa Cloth2947/5

Large brown tapa cloth decorated with geometric designs in black and light brown. The linear designs create four chevron-like patterns bisected by a column of circles. These circles alternate between pairs of black and medium brown dots. The cloth is organized into five rows of two long rectangles. All four sides are bordered by a black line. Two sides have an addition border of alternating black and medium brown triangles against a light brown base. The vertical line at the cloth’s centre is framed on both sides by the same triangular pattern.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch2012.O.0067

Oval shape. Decorated by a snake swallowing its tail. Pouch lid has a hole and a thumb print depression.

Material
birch bark
Holding Institution
Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
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Basket2939/6

Birch bark basket with wide oval top and rectangular base. Pieces are sewn together and around the top with split bark. Sewn in regular design around top on two sides, with open pattern around other two sides. The birch bark is in one piece from front to back and the sides are sewn together with a folded mitre-like base.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en ?
Material
birch bark and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring2922/2

Circular braided cedar bark head ring with an abalone shell crest in the shape of an eagle attached to the front below the bark ties. Eaglet skin, with the fine, soft down still attached, covers the entire top area and hangs down in a tail at the back, below the head ring. The head ring is lined with cotton.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, eagle skin, abalone shell and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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