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Round coiled basket with lid (part b). Basket has slightly flared sides and the rim has a coiled handle on one side. Exterior walls have dark brown, red-brown and yellow-brown imbrication in downward arrow patterns. Lid has slightly flared central knob surrounded by same arrow patterns. Sides of the lid have vertical strips with alternating dark brown and brown pieces.
Rectangular coiled cedar root basket. Each side has a pattern of two dark brown and one red-brown set of arrow-like designs done in imbrication. Strips of dark brown and red-brown bark are also woven through the top row at the rim. Two strings of hide are strung through the top coil on either side, creating long handles.
Tall brown birch bark basket. Rectangular base with rounded sides and oval-shaped rim. Bark is bent, cut and laced at two sides with thin strips of cedar root(?) in zigzag pattern. Rim has cedar root(?) wrapping and scratched zigzag pattern beneath.
Glass rectangular bottle covered in light brown basketry, with decorative red and green horizontal patterns and a purple swastika symbol on each side. The top tapers in slightly at the neck, which is cylindrical. The bottle has a woven lid (part b) with a red circle on top, in the centre. The base is covered with plain woven cedar bark.
Arm ring. The ring is made of woven reed and covered with black fibre, mud and white and rust coloured pigment. Several strands of twisted fibre are attached to one part of the ring by mud. The strands are divided into two bunches, each joined at the distal ends with a lump of mud that also holds feathers.
Birch-bark basket made from a single piece of bark, rectangular at the base with four sharp corners. It is stitched together at each end. The mouth is rounded and scooped, with a spruce stitched rim. The exterior is smooth and holds several scars and irregular growths in the wood. A repeating pattern of leaf designs is etched into the bark and encircles the basket. The bark of the interior is rough and flaking.
Glass rectangular bottle covered in light brown basketry, with decorative red, purple and green horizontal patterns. The top tapers in slightly at the neck, which is cylindrical. The bottle has a woven lid (part b) with small red circle on top, in the centre. The base is covered with plain woven cedar bark.
Rectangular tray with cross patterns. The tray has a low wall around the perimeter. The rim of this wall has false braiding around it. The tray is primarily yellow and demonstrates closed twining. There are also imbricated dark brown and red brown elements. In the base of the tray the imbricated motif is formed from small squares formed by five smaller squares; there is a smaller square in each corner and one in the centre. On either end of the tray, seven of the five-part squares meet at an acute angle which points into the centre of the tray. In the centre of the tray, two lines formed from seven of the five-part squares bisect each other diagonally. On the exterior of the walls of the tray, the imbricated dark brown and red brown material forms triangles made of small squares. The longest sides of the tray each have four triangles adorning them and the shorter sides have three triangles. The red brown triangles and dark brown triangles are placed next to each other to form a pattern. The artist’s name is written in pen on the bottom of the tray.
Plaited square basket with rounded corners. Around the top edge of the basket, the cedar bark is folded over so that the ends of the pieces are exposed around the exterior of the basket. The folded pieces are held in place with a thin piece of bark which demonstrates plain twining. The basket is primarily red brown but there are two bands of contrasting dark brown plaited around the middle of the basket. The bottom of the basket is also plaited but with much wider pieces. The artist’s name is written in black pen on the bottom of the basket. There is a small paper tag attached to the basket which has the artist’s name, community and a price written on it in pen.
Small basket with handle. The handle is attached to each of the longest sides and is formed by two pieces of grass twisted together. Around the top rim of the basket, there is a border made of cedar bark. There is a woven band of green below this and along the bottom of the basket. The centre is decorated with a whale on one side, two people wearing hats in a canoe on the opposite side, and birds on the other sides.The bottom of the basket is formed by checker plaited cedar bark strips. There is paper certification card in the interior of the basket.