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Basketry Mat1792/3

Rectangular woven mat with central geometric design of interwoven square and two ovals.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass ? and dye
Made in
Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cutlery Basket1792/2

An oblong rectangular basket of woven cedar and cherry bark. The basket is divided in the middle, where a handle is also woven in. There are two geometric designs on each side and one on each end--designs are coloured either black with white-yellow, or red with white-yellow.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cedar wood ?, cherry bark, grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry Basket1792/1

Small, rectangular coiled basket with handles. Basket has rounded corners. Fibre handles are tied to three leather loops, two on one side and one on the other, which are threaded through basket sides and tied inside. Three bands of geometric design in red-brown, black and light brown encircle the basket body.

Culture
Nicola
Material
cedar bark, dye, cotton fibre, cherry bark ?, grass ? and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxNb3.1489 a-b

Bentwood box (parts a-b) painted and carved with human/frog transformation. The box (part a) has a lid (part b ) with cedar rope lashings and yew wood toggle. The front edge of the lid is tall while the rest is flat. Three sides of the box are carved to have round fluting, the front has a circular transformation design framed in a blue painted rectangle; corners and top edge of sides are painted red-brown. Corners have been steamed, kerfed, and bent. Pegs at bottom are wooden. Rope lashings toggle together over lid.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, adhesive, mineral oil, yew wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lunch BasketA6420

Rectangular basket with domed lid. Coiled cedar root with bifurcated stitches and parallel slat base construction. Basket has flange. Lid is convex and decorated with beaded design in white, black and red. Body of basket decorated with star designs. Lid attaches to basket with four rawhide thongs and two rawhide hinges.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root, rawhide skin, tule grass and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1745/1 a-b

Small lidded basket with Nuu-chah-nulth style designs. There is a canoe with two people in it at each end, and a steamship on each side. The lid has the same design. Colours include brown, yellow, red, orange, dark brown, and light yellow-brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1744/5

Thick ring made of strips of beaten cedar bark twisted together into two ropes, which are then twisted together and laid in three adjoining circles piled on each other and bound together by strips of bark. At the front a horizontal bundle of thin strips of cedar bark are tied to the ring with strips of bark, which are first wrapped a few times around the bundle. The inside of the ring is lined with fake brown fur. (A piece of white elastic with reddish stains accompanies the ring.)

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar bark and synthetic fibre
Made in
Nass River, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck Ring1744/4

Oval ring made of strips of beaten cedar bark twisted together into two ropes which are then twisted together. Strips of straight bark are tied as a horizontal bundle to the front of the ring with a long strip of bark which is wound around bundle and ring. On the inner left side of the ring are two crescent blue marks.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Nass River, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1768/126

Square based birch bark container with oval top. Stitched design at top rim. Top has overlapping around edge and a stitched zigzag pattern below it. Sides have various knots in back. Ends overlapped and sewn. Top rim was dyed, but colour has almost faded away.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark, dye and root ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1719

A square based birch bark container with round rim. The sides are sewn together in overlapping panels with root. The top is bound with overlapping stitches and there is a skin handle. There are three flowers painted on one side, one flower and two leaves on the other.

Culture
Ojibwa ?
Material
birch bark, root, paint ? and skin
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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