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Basket1479/6

Birch bark container with linear, triangular designs (horizontal) around the outside. Reddish pigment is on the background of the outside of the piece and the rim has staggered overstitches. On both sides of the outside, larger triangular stitches (vertical) attache the birch bark pieces together.

Culture
Gitxsan ? or Wet'suwet'en ?
Material
birch bark, pigment and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1431/9 a-b

Brown-red coloured birch bark container with lid. The container is wider at the bottom, has rectangular bark panels connected to each other side-by-side by vertical bark stitching, and narrows towards a protruding red-brown bark-wrapped rim. The lid consists of a round piece of bark with a scalloped edge over top of a circular bark panel and fastened by bark stitches.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box1251/4

Square box with four triangular flaps for lid. Sides are coil basketry with light brown grass coil and black thread; lid flaps are of birch bark perforated with star designs and edged with grass and light coloured thread; base is of darker birch bark. Two of the flaps are joined with a loop of grass rope. Label on bottom says, "sweet hay, birch bark, porcupine quill work" and is signed.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, grass and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1306/3

Birch bark container with round top and square base. Lid attached with piece of fibre. Leather handle knotted at side. Upper edge and lid edge sewn with overcast stitches.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark, fibre and leather skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1346/3 a-b

Round basket with tall walls and a cap lid; lid is held on by wide birch lip stitched to interior of rim on basket. Coloured geometric designs on both parts.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau ?” ?
Material
root, cedar bark ? and birch bark
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket998/15

A deep oval bark basket stitched together with white synthetic material. The outside is light brown, and the inside and the edges are red-brown.

Culture
Dunne-Za
Material
birch bark and synthetic fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Canoe998/1

A simple light brown long bark canoe lined with red-brown and with a wide concavely dipping band across the centre. It is stitched together along the sides with hide.

Culture
Dunne-Za
Material
birch bark, rawhide skin and stem
Made in
Rose Prairie, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket657/1

Solid basket with square base and round rim; made from one piece of bark that has been cut and bent in to make the corners; stitching is in bark. Rim is of wood and is twined with bark strands. Exterior is decorated with darker triangles with notches in the tips that point down from rim.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
birch bark, skin and wood
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box935/4 a-b

Cylindrical box of birch bark with quill designs. Bottom piece has vertical white quills covering bottom 2/3 of sides and grass lining rim that is held on by black thread. Lid of box has grass wrapped around bottom half of the sides and white vertical quills on top half that spill over onto the top and form a triangular zigzag pattern around the top edge. A black bird is done in quill on the top of the lid.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, dye, sweet grass, stem and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box935/3 a-b

Ovular box with straight sides; lid sits inside the box and has a lip that rests on rim. Part a (bottom) has grass lining top and bottom edges that is stitched on with black thread. Centre of sides is decorated with vertical white quill work. Base of box is also rimmed in grass. Part b (lid) has grass around edge of top face and in the centre has a brown beaver on white ground done in quill.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, stem, fibre, sweet grass and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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