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Bentwood BoxA8539 a-b

Bentwood box with painted designs in black and red; with a lid (part b) with edges that bevel inwards towards the base. The main decoration fills each of two opposite sides with a bilaterally symmetrical design. The other two sides each have a less elaborate abstract design formed by an ovoid with two u-forms centred on each panel, also in black and red. The side joint and bottom are nailed.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
metal, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8338 a-b

Box is carved on all four sides. Both ends are framed in an incised rectangle, filled with horizontal carved lines, with the exception of three triangles on one side. One long side is only the carved lines. The other long side is plain except for one vertically incised line near one corner. The lid (part b) has an upraised edge on one side.

Culture
Haisla ?
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA17158

Figure representing an animal head with emphasized eye sockets, stylized eyes with eyelids, an elongated snout with a ridge along the top, protruding domed nostrils with a hole at the centre of each, lips emphasized by a recessed line, and bared teeth with four fang-like teeth at the front that taper to a point at the bottom of each. The figure is painted black with red nostrils and teeth.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast DishA1785

Carved wooden, oval shaped dish (łuk’wa) with centre concavity. Made from a single piece of wood, the bowl represents the upper body of a killer whale. One end has the whale’s head in red and black, carved in shallow relief with its mouth open. On the sides, below the mouth is the blowhole, cutout and outlined in red. Behind the hole are the side fins incised with horizontal lines. At the opposite end is a crouched male figure with his head facing upwards and its arms outstretched holding onto the back of the killer whale. The figure has black hair, a black belt and wrist bands. (Repaired with copper wire).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, cedar wood and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA6321

Bentwood box and lid made of cedar wood. Nailed at front and bottom. Lid has upstanding ridge on one side. Box and lid tied with cedar bark ropes in the traditional position. Front is undecorated except for one deep vertical undercut on the left side. Sides are decorated with varying sizes of plain rectangles, and ones with carved horizontal lines. Back of box has two chevrons, one plain, one with carved horizontal lines, then a solid triangle on bottom, and carved horizontal lines above top plain chevron, all within a rectangular border.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd636

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; reinforcement stitch on base; partially imbricated and partially beaded. The design from the bottom to top: nine rows of beading in bullrush; discrete ladder and contiguous small triangular shapes; horizontal continuous hexagonal shapes; checkerboard around rim; all in red on bullrush ground. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA6526 a-b

Part (a) Large flared round coiled cedar root basket with indented flange on basket body at narrow mouth, and fitted lid, part (b), with knob. Basket is partially imbricated with repeating diagonal in dark and red cherry bark, with grass in between. Overcast splint rim on lid, wide slat foot. Partially imbricated with curved diagonal bands in red cherry bark, grass, black cherry bark. Beaded row of red cherry bark and row of dark cherry bark towards knob, which also has row of each. Side of lid is beaded intermittently alternating between red and dark cherry bark. Bottom row of red cherry bark beading.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, canary grass and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA6255

Cedar bentwood box. All four sides are made from a single cedar board. Board is scored, steamed and bent into three right angle corners. The open seam is nailed together. A separate cedar board is nailed on for the bottom. Three sides are decorated with pattern. Long side has incised rectangle with carved horizontal lines. Short sides identical, having also incised rectangle, but inside is divided almost in half, with larger side of carved horizontal lines, and the other a plain rectangle which also has horizontal lines above and below it.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.277 a-b

Part (a) Large cylindrical coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction (with reinforcement stitches); support for lid on inside of basket; buckskin handles wrapped with cedar root. Partial imbrication of vertical and horizontal bands in cat-tail grass and black cherry. Vertical bands are of black diamonds alternating with cat-tail grass diamonds, each on reverse ground. Horizontal bands are of 2 slat rows of checkered cat-tail grass and dark cherry bark. Base and rim have same colours alternating in single row. Bottom has red cherry bark beading. Part (b) Lid has outer three rows imbricated in cat-tail grass with dark cherry bark surrounding cat-tail grass triangle. Slat construction. Skin handle at center.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass, cherry bark, dye and deer skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Work BasketD1.364

Part (a) Elongated rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with attached lid and front tie closure. Parallel slat base and lid construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with geometric diagonal stepped rows alternating in red and black cherry bark. Part (b) Lid has flange. Rim is imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) and the surface of lid is beaded in rows of red and dark cherry bark. Rawhide hinges and tie closure.

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