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BasketA3443

Small rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of vertical rows of double triangles, in each row colours alternate between red cherry bark outline with cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark centers and the reverse, and each row starts with the alternate colour.

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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BasketA3501

Round flared coiled basket with foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of large diamond figures in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark at center, then the next is a reverse of the colour configuration. Foot has three rows of cat-tail grass (?) beading, which suggests it may have been made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C. Evidence of a looped border at one time.

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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BasketA4080 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) and fitted lid (b) woven with swamp grass. Base is done with plain twined weaving over wide warp. Side has wrapped twined weave. Decorated with a series of three bands, one with double dotted band in center. Lid has one band of the above type and a large solid circle in the center.

Culture
Makah
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and aniline dye
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4107

Rectangular-shaped basket that tapers at the bottom. Wrapped twined openwork weave with single coil border at top. Fibre cording rope attached to one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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: Lil'wat ?
Material
dye, cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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