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BasketNb11.251 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); lid has a small, knob-like handle in the centre. Bottom twined; body and lid are wrapped twined; reinforced cedar hoop rim. Cedar warp with outer weft in grass (xerophyllum tenax). Bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs on body of basket include thin bands of continuous rings of assorted colours and representations of people in canoes and ducks. The lid is decorated with ducks and rings of assorted colours. Exterior is faded; inside colours include; turquoise, brown, black, red, yellow and orange.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, bear grass, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNd670

Flat-bottomed basketry cradle. Large slat coiled, imbricated and beaded cradle. Imbricated animal motif and wrapped rim; beaded at top and imbricated on narrow ends. Sides have a red and yellow horse-like motif. Four hide thongs, one on each side. Bottom is coiled.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
red alder dye, skin, bear grass and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz776

Large rectangular coiled basket with a wrapped rim. Inward pointing triangular geometric pattern in yellow, red, yellow and red/yellow, yellow/black.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, cherry bark, cedar root, bear grass and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.284

Short, rounded basket with a flat, square bottom and vertical bands of light and dark brown stripes around the sides. Plain, coarse twined, slope-sided basket with checker work base; braided rim with overlay on some warps forming a double warp decoration. Twelve vertical beading designs with yellow grass and darker brown than basket in general.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass and cedar root
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz774

Round, coiled cedar root and slat basket with slightly flared sides. Swastika design around sides imbricated in red and black cherry bark. Beading in red and black on lower and upper edges; wrapped top edge.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, bear grass and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolNa1059

Half-moon-shaped object is pointed at one end and polished; the rest is dull and has a yellowish colour. Two drilled holes through object are strung with orange cord held in place by pegs. Three bone chips hang from cord. Near hole is 5.5 cm. Piece has rounded end with drilled hole looped with two cords. The four cord ends are tied to a long, much thicker cord. On its end is a strip of horn, attached by being bent over the cord and lashed down.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, horn ?, cotton fibre and bear tooth
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Soul CatcherA2476

Hollow tubular bone, somewhat flared at two open ends, which are cut to represent the open mouth of an animal. Eyes are carved above each mouth; incised designs indicate nostrils and gills. Two small holes at centre top of tube.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
bear bone ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.341 a-b

Oval basket (a) with flat-topped lid (b). Lid has rim of reinforced cedar bark. Grass twining foundation over three horizontal elements (cedar bark ?). Bottom of basket has rings of open area where two warp strands of grass cross one another. Body and lid of basket also have each, two rings of open areas where pairs of grass warp strands cross natural colour. Body of basket has dark purple band with yellow zigzag design at mid-point. Top of lid has dark purple oval with yellow zigzag design.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass ?, grass, aniline dye ? and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.376 a-b

Oval basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Sharp shoulder with reinforced cedar hoop rim. Grass plaiting foundation surrounded by grass twining. One horizontal element within the grass checker work is covered by twining. Natural colour with a band of dark purple with zigzag geometric design at the basket's midpoint and in an oval on the top of the lid. Two rings of black at the base of the basket and at rim of lid. The lid has dark purple centre.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, bear grass ?, aniline dye ? and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.340

Small woven basket with an Open, circular, flaring cylindrical foundation of crossed pieces of cedar bark surrounded by twining. Bottom has been darned with wool. Natural colour with very faded reddish colour at midpoint and base. Twill twining at base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, bear grass ?, grass and aniline dye ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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