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Fishing CreelNd577 a-b

Fishing creel basket (a) with lid (b). The basket is constructed of coil weaving with an irregular curved rectangular base, concave back and convex sides creating protruding shoulder in lower third of basket narrowing to rounded rectangular mouth. Decorated with a design in red and black cherry bark and off-white bear grass imbrication forming a series of diamonds. Has a hide strap attached to the two back corners. The lid is attached to the basket with two hide ties and is imbricated with a repeated triangle design fanning out from the central hole.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cherry bark, skin, bear grass, cedar root and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidNd576

Coiled rectangular lid. Handle in centre of lid has string foundation and was wrapped with grass. Grass is partly detached from foundation. Rim of lid has cedar bark foundation with wrapped grass intertwined. Only one corner has rim decoration, remainder has broken off. Top of lid has red and black cherry bark and grass imbrication in arrowhead geometrical design.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cherry bark, cotton fibre, bear grass and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayNb659

Wide, slope-sided, round tray with overlaid yellow-brown bear grass design on a brown ground. From the rim, there is the following: a brown continuous zigzag on yellow-brown band; a brown band; a narrower yellow-brown band; a narrow brown band; a wide area of brown interlocking triangular stepped design on yellow-brown; a narrow brown band; and the centre is overlaid except it is now torn at the centre. Outside is undecorated but shows some bear grass.

Culture
Hupa
Material
bear grass and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Baby CarrierNb657

Open twined carrier, or cradle, with semi-circular cross-section, wedge-shaped at the bottom with a closed end while open at the top. Wrapped handle forms top structural support and is wrapped in sections of light yellow-brown bear grass. Dark brown bark(?) stick-like warps form a semi-circle out from the handle crossed by clusters of widely spaced twining. Wedge-shaped bottom is twined across the back and up the front. There is one twisted support across the top of the cradle.

Culture
Yurok
Material
root, bark ?, bear grass and wood
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlNb654

Round, twined, brown bowl with a light yellow-brown bear grass pattern band below the rim. Design consists of two parallel raised rows between a step pattern, above and below the centre band.

Culture
Hupa
Material
bear grass and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's BowlNb653

Round twined, light brown bowl with light white-brown bear grass overlaid design below rim. Repeating motif of large down pointing triangles with ten smaller triangles to the sides. Small bear grass elements show inside.

Culture
Hupa
Material
bear grass and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's BowlNb652

Round, twined bowl with a slightly flattened bottom. Overlaid horizontal, light white-brown bear grass band around the outside of the basket below the rim. There are repeating sets of three black rectangles, with the centre one below the others, along the band. Single row of twill twining ? at the bottom where it flattens.

Culture
Karuk
Material
bear grass, fern and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sifting TrayNb651

Flat, round, twined tray with concentric design bands on the top surface and two sets of two wrapped, raised rings on the bottom and at the rim and over halfway to the centre. Design includes the following: light yellow-white bear grass at the rim and alternating brown background in the third row; and wide band of overlaid bear grass with three repeating band-like motifs, each with similar triangular appendages. Two of these appendages have a diagonal row of black fern stem at one end; single row of background; row of alternating bear grass and background; two rows of bear grass; three rows with evenly alternating rows; and several centre rows that are the background.

Culture
Yurok
Material
bear grass, fern, wood ? and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cooking BasketNb650

Round, twined bowl with an overlaid design band below the rim. Design consists of repeating light yellow-brown bear grass triangles pointed up at the top and pointed down at the bottom with two twill twined rows between of alternating two elements of light yellow-brown bear grass.

Culture
Hupa
Material
bear grass and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cooking BasketNb649

Round, twined bowl with a slightly flattened bottom. Two rows of twill twining (?) where the basket flattens. Overlaid light yellow-brown bear grass design with sets of stacked triangles above and below five rows of bear grass, the second and fourth of which are raised.

Culture
Karuk
Material
root and bear grass
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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