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Basket998/14

A deep long bark basket with the ends folded and stitched together with fibre. The outside is red-brown and the inside is light brown.

Culture
Dunne-Za
Material
birch bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket998/6

A relatively conical bark piece with a flattened side. The outside is red-brown, and the inside is light brown. There is a fold over the tip and stitched along the side.

Culture
Dunne-Za
Material
birch bark and skin ?
Made in
Rose Prairie, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1606

A tall circular brown bark container decorated with dyed quills. The design consists of two flowers with green stems and leaves. One flower is red outlined with purple, and the other flower is purple outlined with red. Both flowers have a brown dot in the centre surrounded by a red five-pointed middle with two brown lines emanating from in between each point. The top and the bottom of the container are overlapped with a strip of bark that has a curved semi-circle pattern facing the centre. The bottom and the top of the container, as well as the sides of the lid, are rimmed with bark strips that are perpendicular to the rim lines. There are strips of soft hide attached to the sides of the container and the lid.

Culture
Dene
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, dye and leather skin ?
Made in
Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1060/6 a-b

An oval box (part a) and lid (part b) covered in geometric quillwork. On top of the lid there is a black diamond-shaped pattern outlined with blue. The central diamond has orange vertical and horizontal lines in the centre. The outer partial diamonds have white diagonal lines in a feather-shape. The background is white with orange triangles and blue lines. Around the sides of the lid is an alternating pattern of white diamond-vertical line-dot-vertical line-diamond. Along the sides of the container are zigzag lines starting with white and orange at the top all the way down to blue, black, white, red, and blue and orange on the bottom.

Culture
Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, dye, wood and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket648/1

Bag-like basket with triangular flap top lid. Weave is of wide strips of bark; some visible squares of weave have coloured fabric squares sewn to them; two strips of felt - one red, one blue - are included in the weave that runs parallel to the diagonal edges of the top of the bag and the flap; a knotted rope is attached to the centre of the tip of the flap and wraps around a flat stick with rounded ends as a closure method.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, wool fibre ?, dye and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1768/126

Square based birch bark container with oval top. Stitched design at top rim. Top has overlapping around edge and a stitched zigzag pattern below it. Sides have various knots in back. Ends overlapped and sewn. Top rim was dyed, but colour has almost faded away.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark, dye and root ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1719

A square based birch bark container with round rim. The sides are sewn together in overlapping panels with root. The top is bound with overlapping stitches and there is a skin handle. There are three flowers painted on one side, one flower and two leaves on the other.

Culture
Ojibwa ?
Material
birch bark, root, paint ? and skin
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7206

Brown birch bark basket with a circular top and a square bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root. Floral patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7207

Light brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square-shaped bottom--bark is bent and laced together with root (?). Upper rim of the basket is lined with a splint bound with thin strips of root (?). A floral design has been scratched onto the sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark, root ? and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1479/7 a-b

Brown-red coloured birch bark container with lid that is narrower and rounded at rim and square at the base. Lid inserts into round top and has a scalloped-cut edge with horizontal stitching. Leather handle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
birch bark and leather skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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