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BasketA2.620

Birch bark is bent and laced into place. On the rim, splints are overcast (open stitch) and then beaded with red and black yarn. Around the mid-section of the basket a twig is sewn on for reinforcement. The rim is overcast; three stitches, then every other stitch is beaded with black thread (six stitches) then three stitches, openwork, then the next series of three then three overcast.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
birch bark, birch root, fibre and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.621

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root. A string handle is tied to either side of the rim.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.622

Dark brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square-shaped bottom--bark is bent and laced together with birch root. Splint around rim is overcast and then partially beaded with crabapple bark (4-5 stitches every 1-1 1/4 in).

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root ?, crabapple bark and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.636

Square flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Imbricated "diamond" design (incomplete shapes) in red bark and grass on upper half of basket, on three sides. Short bands of diagonal lines, in darker bark, three on short sides, six on one long side. Fourth side has four checkered vertical lines in red bark and grass.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
bark, reed grass, spruce root and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd633

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; fully imbricated. The design from bottom to top: three rows of red beading; discrete diamond shapes; discrete animal figures; four staggered rows of crosses; triangles around rim; all in red on bullrush ground. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.677

Flat-bottomed, rectangular basket with flaring sides. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; overcast rim; partial imbrication. Vertical striped design. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1173

The cloth is natural coloured and rectangular with a fringe. The fringe covers three edges but only one is intact. The fringe on the end is made of thick and thin cut pieces of cloth. The fringe on the side edges is made from thin pieces of cut cloth and not many strands remain.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1252

Small, rectangular light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; undecorated.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC967

Tapa cloth with light and dark brown paint on natural ground. There are rows of concentric diamond motifs and geometric borders.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paint and paper mulberry bark
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltC981

A very wide bark belt carved with elaborate linear geometric designs and abstract figures filled with lime. Two shell buttons for fastening.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
lime mineral, shell, fibre and bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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