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Basketry LidD1.512

Flat, circular basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and a flange. Decorated with partial imbrication: three staggered rows of alternating discrete double stitches of black and red cherry bark.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.526

Basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring construction and sides which are two coiled rows deep. Lid also has a two-strand, twisted loop work rim and an overcast string handle. Decorated with four triangular shapes (vertex towards center) in black-dyed cherry bark / cat-tail /red cherry bark / black-dyed cherry bark. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
fibre, dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird FigureA1363

A concave eight-sided wooden plaque or shield. Formed from three pieces of wood nailed together. Carved head of a bird with inset abalone eyes, and red and black painted highlights nailed to the top of the plaque. The main part of the shield is painted green, red, and black with the bird's body including the wings, tail, and claws, and a human face on the breast. The wings each have three feathers.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, cedar wood and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA1144 a-b

Bentwood box base (a) and woven basketry lid (b). The base has a design on two of the wider sides of a band of incised diagonal lines along the sides and top. There are two holes in each narrow side. The lid is made of strips of cedar bark in a warp and weft weave with a wide lip. The edges of the lid are upturned and stitched down with thin strips of cedar bark.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA1143

A slightly curved bow, which, in cross-section, has a flat surface on one side while the other side is convex. Has a design consisting of a central light blue paint band surrounded by a hand-grip of burgundy-coloured velvet coloured material with a wide blue paint band at either side, each of which has a thin red paint band to border it. Shellacked or varnished. A single notch in each end for a bowstring.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
fibre, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA1142

Thin wooden bow with painted lines and dots in and black, the ends are decorated in yellow. There is a twisted piece of string attached to one of the ends. The name 'Jerry Darby' is penciled on back.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1985

Coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and a foot. Basket also has a coiled handle attached to loops on rim. Decorated with 'X', staggered in red or black cherry bark. Foot is beaded with red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's BoardA16099

Cedar wood board, rectangular in shape with three notches carved out of it. The notches create a square pattern so that the board appears to consist of four square.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.513

Triangle shaped coiled cedar root basketry lid decorated with imbrication. Three triangular shapes; two in black-dyed bark and grass, and one in red bark and grass along rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), and watch-spring construction with extra splints added. Lid was previously attached to a basket (note three holes on one end.)

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
dye, cherry bark, cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.514

Flat, circular basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction and wire handle which is overcast in cedar root. Lid also has a flange. Decorated with partial imbrication, four "y" shapes--two in red cherry bark and cat-tail and two in black-dyed cherry bark and cat-tail. Imbricated designs are staggered around rim with stems facing the centre.

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