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Basketry Side TableA7252

Coiled basketry table constructed from cedar splints and unidentified wood foundation. Coiled cedar root elements and watch-spring construction of lower shelf and table top. Rim of table is finished with a whipped stitch. Imbricated design on table top and shelf in red and black cherry bark forms five sided star.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, wood and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7220 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b); lid has a raised, two-tiered knob in the centre. Woven around the sides are the images of a fishing boat and dock with buildings, as well as the words " Mrs Reid Vancouver BC." Lid has three boat-like shapes arranged in a concentric band around the knob.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7219

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in dyed spruce root and dyed grass. Various twined weaves - base is mixed twined weave (plain twining alternating with wicker weave). Sides are plain twined with wide twilled border. Grass is embroidered on, the handle is overcast. The horizontal coloured design is bound by purple spruce lines. Orange shapes are staggered, then another purple band. These shapes create a band of purple "S's", then there is another band of purple, orange and the purple again. The rim has a twilled chevron pattern.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7212

Woven basket in a goblet shape. Plain twined weave with overlaid twined weave (false embroidery). Bands of alternate weft in faded blue and purple (from two strand plain twined weave) with the pattern at right repeating three times.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass, dye and cedar root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7208 a-b

Woven basket with a spruce root warp and weft with aniline dyed grass. Various twined weaves - base is a mixed twined weave (alternate plain twined weave and wicker weave). Sides and lid have a plain twined weave with an embroidered decoration. Design is a central band of false embroidered diamonds in bright pink bordered by bands of black weft strands. Design on lid is similar, but also has an additional band of pink on the edge of the knob-like handle.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, maidenhair fern stem, aniline dye and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7205

Small woven basket with a square bottom and a round upper rim. Thickly woven upper rim and two bands of dark brown patterned weaving around the sides.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA479

Round, basket with alternating wide plaited and thin twined weft. Rim has darker bark coiled and knotted around it. Twined weft may have once been red.

Culture
Haida
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast LadleA4284

Large, wooden ladle with large, deep bowl, conical in shape. On the end of the short handle there is a carved representation of a human head with drilled eyes, pronounced forehead and cheekbones, along with protruding nose and lips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Screen BoardNb7.243 a

A long rectangular cedar plank with faded black and dark red Northwest Coast designs imprinted in the surface of the wood. Rectangular incision near the top and bottom of the plank that has cedar bark stitching embedded in it. Rectangular indentation on the back near the bottom of the board.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood, paint, cedar bark and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Screen BoardNb7.242 a

A long rectangular cedar plank with faded Northwest Coast designs imprinted in the surface of the wood. Plank is dark red-black overall, with black faded designs. The plank is darker near the top. Has a large longitudinal split at the bottom. Rectangular indention on back near top. Long and thin indentation near the base on the front. Small rectangular indentation near the top on the front.

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