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Basketry LidD1.522

Circular, convex basket lid with an open circular hole in the centre. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction and a hole in top. Decorated with partial imbrication; three rows of staggered cross shapes in red/white and black/white. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast 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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Basketry LidD1.523

Circular basket lid with a raised, open centre. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with modified watch-spring construction and overcast top edge (around hole). Total imbrication which alternates red/black/white, so arranged as to give radiating bands of each coming out from centre. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.706

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of alternating black and grey are featured at four points along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3129

Basket with two plaited rows alternating with one row of crossed warp strands (openwork). Braided rim.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3130

Clam basket with a base formed by thick reinforced cedar strips and sides formed by cross-warp openwork plaited weaving. The rim is one coil overcast stitch with a splint foundation.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3139 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a conical lid (b) and multicoloured figurative designs. Sides: four central figures in purple and red, two of which are lizard-like creatures with red eyes, elongated eyes and spots. Lid: canoes and birds with green and yellow central design. Multicoloured linear bands around bottom edge of both basket and lid. Wrapped, twined weaving.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3161

Construction consists of two separate pouches on a long back piece which folds over and covers. Design consists of horizontal bands where each of the bands is proceeded by a change in weave. Plaited checker work, loose twine weave and openwork "eyehole" weave - crossed-warp twined. Colours include green and natural browns.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3165

Rectangular handbag-like basket with two multicoloured braided handles attached along the upper rim opposite each other. Repeated bird and linear motifs around the sides in green, red, purple and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3170 a-b

Small, oval-shaped basket with a flat, fitted lid (b). Along base of basket and along side of lid is a band of purple/pink/purple. Central band on basket is a line of zigzag in purple flanked by purple lines. In centre of lid is a pink oval bordered by purple. Base has a plaited origin and plain twining over wide warp strands. Sides are twisted twined work.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3354

Small cylindrical coil basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), black and red cherry bark that alternate in diagonal bands, from rim to bottom of foot. Watch-spring base construction.

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