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BasketNbz715 a-b

Trunk-like basket with an attached lid. Rounded, rectangle with slat construction. Coiled with bifurcated stitches on the basket body and the outer edge of the lid. Cedar with imbricated design of cherry bark and grass. Lid has imbricated design on the outer edge and a small amount of beaded stripe design on top. Design on basket body consists of continuous vertical and horizontal bands where both beading and imbrication are used. Horizontal bands are thin strips of black and white beading. Vertical bands alternate black, red, and white imbrication with black and white beading similar to the horizontal bands. Leather handle on top of the lid and leather strips attaching the lid to the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb BasketNbz714

Wall hanging style container with a rectangular bottom and back wall rising to a triangular shape with a small loop for hanging at the top. Slat bottom and sides. Imbricated design of alternating red and black cross motifs in horizontal rows.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz713 a-b

Rectangular trunk-like basket (a) with lid (b). Trunk flares out from slat bottom. Coiled with bifurcated stitches; beaded band design of wild cherry bark on lower edge of lid. Diamond-shaped motif imbricated in wild cherry bark and grass on top of lid. Main design on two sides and two ends consists of imbricated diamond in black and red cherry bark and grass; black and white cross imbricated inside each diamond; sides have vertical bands imbricated at each end, ends have imbricated checker design at top; continuous imbricated band along top and bottom; one coiled handle at each end.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz708

Rectangular, coiled basket with rounded corners, slat bottom and sides, and a wrapped loom rim. V-shaped imbricated design on each of the four sides, extending from the top to the bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz707 a-b

Rectangular, coiled cedar root basket (a) with rounded corners, flaring out from bottom. Flat-topped lid (b) with slat foundation, slat bottom and sides. Raised slat rim. Same major design repeated on four sides, possibly a butterfly. Triple outline in red, black and white imbrication. Lid design of four horizontal rows of h-shapes, alternating black and white with red and white.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar wood, cherry bark, grass and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe377

Shield composed of an oval piece of skin attached to an oval wooden frame. The frame is attached with strips of bark (?) which is wrapped around the frame, then through the skin every fourth or fifth time. At the top and bottom, woven bark (?) fills the gap between the edge of the frame and the skin. The upper portion of the back has three wooden pieces which cross and then loop onto the frame.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, skin, bark ? and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe403 a-b

Spear (a) with sheath (b). Spear (a) has a long steel lanceolate-shaped blade, shiny with some tarnish and etched lines echoing its shape. Blade is connected to a shaft by a corroded metal fitting. The shaft appears to be a broom handle wrapped with bark. At one end the bark has uncoiled. The black sheath (b) is two pieces of wood held together by five bands of metal wrapped and beaten together. Nose and eye shapes are incised into the wood to achieve a bird-like face. The narrow end is carved with a geometric design.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
metal, bark, wood and steel metal
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe384

Flute formed by a bamboo tube, split its whole length, held together with rings and lashings of bark and with a hole in the side near the stop. The wooden stop has a kneeling woman, with a bird on top of her head, and a human head upside down behind her legs with black cassowary feathers adorning it. Cowrie shells are inlaid into the eyes, the bird's neck, and the human foreheads. There is hair on the human heads and another fringe of cassowary feathers at the open end.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, wood, cassowary feather, pigment, hair, cowrie shell and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoinclothIe437

A bark cloth backed beaded panel. The beads are grey and polished and woven with plant fibre string in rows. There is a cross-pattern of black electrical wire pieces. The edges are dyed red, and the top is alternately dyed red, then has grey beads and yellow dye in vertical rows.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plane wood, dye, paper mulberry bark, root and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd673

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches). Watch-spring construction. Imbricated design of two full butterflies and two half butterflies at rim. One set is of black cherry bark with grass, one set is red cherry bark with grass.

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