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Totem PoleA8381

Small totem pole of eagle sitting abovea bear. The bear is holding, and appears to be eating, an upside down copper.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA8332

Ring-shaped frame of thin branches tied with strips of cloth. This frame is wrapped or bound with strips of red-dyed cedar bark.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2269

Coiled cedar root basket with elongated watch-spring base construction and braided border. Decorated with beading and partial imbrication; four bands of diamond checkerboard figures (each with centre rectangle in a different colour from each of the outer rectangles). Red exterior with cat-tail and black centre or vice versa; they are mostly arranged so that they are diagonally similar except for top row. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1835

Open work basket with a rectangular base, soft sides, and a oval-shaped rim. Base is plaited. Cross-warp twined weave alternating with checker work. The weft of the checker work (excluding base) is black cedar bark. Braided rim. In the plaited areas the weft strand is dyed black, giving an alternating pattern of dyed and natural coloured stitches in a 1:1 ratio.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1836

Round basker with a flat, circular base, flaring sides and a zigzagging black, red and white pattern around the sides. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction looped and braided (double-coil) rim; partial imbrication.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lunch BasketA1839

Rectangular basket with simple interlocking coiled work, bifurcated stitches, parallel slat lid and base construction with graduated reinforcement stitches and 'twilled' effect on lid. Basket also has a two coiled handles and is decorated with beading. The lid has beading in black-dyed cherry bark in a 2:1 ratio along the circumference of the lid. The body has cat-tail grass at the top (one row per slat, in a 2:2 ratio). Three other slats have beaded decoration (3 rows per slat) in black and in red cherry bark in a 2:2 ratio creating a checkerboard pattern. Lid is attached to basket with thong hinges.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, fibre and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1841

Openwork basket with a flat, rectangular bottom, straight walls, and an oval-shaped upper rim. Coiled basket with parallel slat base construction. Two rows of splint foundation with bifurcated stitches. Sides also have a splint foundation wrapped with cedar root. At half inch intervals (staggered) a coiled stitch is taken and the stitch is wrapped. The result is an openwork basket. Undecorated.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
Material
cedar root
Made in
Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2359

Tan basket of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction and two strand loop work border. Basket is fully beaded in a horizontal, elongated chevron design which alternates in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayD1.495

Round tray composed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), watch-spring base construction, and sides consisting of five slat rows. Decorated with partial imbrication in a continuous checkered diamond design alternating in red bark, grass, and black bark, and grass. Four smaller diamond shapes near center in black, grass and red bark. Triangular shaped figures (half diamonds) alternating in black bark, grass, and red bark and grass, around exterior sides.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1902

Simple brown and natural-coloured coiled work basket with bifurcated stitches and watch-spring base construction. The base has a hole in the centre. Basket also has a flange and a high rim. Decorated with partial imbrication. Double vertical design similar to that of an hour glass shape in red cherry filled with bullrush, separated vertically by a row of undecorated cedar. Red triangular design on rim filled in by bullrush staggered with other design.

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