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BasketA4108

Rectangular-shaped open-work basket with weft strands alternating in direction with each row. Overcast rim. Four string handles. Undecorated.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root, fibre, spruce root ? and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4109

Lattice twined open weave - single strand coil border at top. Construction: interesting bottom, caning with two warp pieces twined together and top rounded since it is coiled or wrapped around splints. Plain.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Grass Splitter ToolA4394

Small rectangular piece of wood with small notches cut into it for tiny blades.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
cedar wood and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry MaterialA4395

Strip of folded cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NetA4410

Knotted net bag of nettle fibre--decreases in diameter toward the bottom. Top edge attached to twisted cedar rope. This rope is attached on two sides to a wooden loop made by bending a twig and lashing the ends together. (These were probably attached to sticks as a means of suspending the net.)

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, nettle fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA3218

Roughly rectangular, tan-coloured basket with flaring sides and the remnants of scalloped loopwork along the upper rim. Coiled cedar root basket with parallel splint base construction, single strand loopwork rim and partial imbrication. Geometric motifs alternating in black/bulrush and red/bulrush: four horizontal and four vertical rows in phase with each other.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
dye, cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3220

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom and slightly flaring sides. Design on side: eight alternating (red/black) oblique rows of four rectangles each (connecting at corners) with bulrush interiors "step" design. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches). With watch-spring base construction and overcase rim; partial imbrication. Colours: red, black, tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3222

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Imbricated design of connected diamond shapes outlined in black cherry bark and filled with grass/red cherry bark/grass/dark cherry bark/grass centres. Black cherry bark outline continues on from top of diamonds creating a "v" shape. Remaining rim is beaded in red cherry bark. Parallel splint base construction. Foot has three rows of beading, grass, red cherry bark and dark cherry bark at rim. (Small rawhide handles on each side at one time.)

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye, cat-tail grass ? and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fruit BasketA3228

Basket with imbricated stepped design in alternating red/bullrush/black (2 stitches in each colour) in phase with each other. Watch-spring base construction.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail 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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BasketA3229

Tan-coloured woven basket with a flat, rectangular bottom, flaring sides, and spout-like bulges in the centre of each of the longer sides. Alternating red white and black and white triangular motifs around the four sides. Partial imbrication; simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); elongated watch-spring base construction.

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