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Basketry LidA2408

Basketry lid of simple coiled work (unsplit stitches) with parallel slat construction. Partially beaded with shapes in black, in staggered rows (eleven in all) on top. Sets of three stepped lines in red on the sides. Rim is beaded in black.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Work BasketA5066

Upward flaring, rectangular basket with an attached lid fully imbricated in various letters of the alphabet that include "m", "n", "t", "e", and "z" in green and red bullrush on a natural background. Lid is connected to the basket by strings at each of the four corners. Foot has discrete bars of purple on bullrush. Beaded rim is imbricated in green on bullrush; every other slat is beaded in either green or natural bullrush. Parallel slat construction. Foot of one slat and one splint. Flange on the basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
canary grass, cedar root and aniline dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA4386

Unfinished mat. Plaited bark. Plain twining. Sides are wrapped twined work. Central brown square is three by three mini-squares with various lengthed extensions in one direction. Three light yellow-brown rows are woven upward around the base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA5067

Small rectangular, flared, coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat foundation. Imbricated rim inn canary grass with intervals of dark cherry bark stitches. Beaded from rim almost to base in canary grass, with wide vertical row of chevrons, alternating between dark cherry bark and canary grass, one on each side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Tait
Material
cedar root, canary grass, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Laidlaw, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5073

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with looped border on rim and narrow foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of two rows of checkerboard squares with either cat-tail grass (?) and red or dark cherry bark, with three continuous horizontal rows in center of basket in cat-tail grass (?) and center of dark cherry bark. Beading on top of looped border in red cherry bark, imbricated bands on base of foot in cat-tail grass and either red or dark cherry bark. Rope handle is tied to either side of basket looped border. Underside of basket has beaded red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA7450 a-b

Tall square bentwood box (part a) with a slightly flared lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different Northwest Coast stylized distributive designs. The front and back have complex designs. The side panels are painted with a black ovoid with a red line attached at the top right and bottom left corners. Box is adzed, kerfed, steamed, bent, last corner pegged, bottom pegged and nailed. The lid has traces of black paint and made of a single piece of wood.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4118

Undecorated, openwork basket with overcast rim and string handles. Square in shape at the top, and triangular shaped at the base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3571

Bentwood box, kerfed, steamed, bent, adzed. Pegged at one corner, and bottom of all sides. Three sides are decorated with an incised rectangle, leaving an undecorated border around it, that has carved horizontal lines. Fourth side is plain.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3572

Bentwood box with a lid, bent with outside corners opened and joined at the seam with wooden nails. Three of the four sides have chiselled decoration: one of the longer sides is almost completely covered in rows of chiseling with a border of relatively smooth wood, and the two shorter sides are split down the centre with one half chiseled in rows, and the other half chiseled at the top with four rows and a border on the sides and top of relatively smooth wood.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3573 a-b

Tall square bentwood box (part a) with flat lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different Northwest Coast stylized distributive designs. The front figure has bird-like features with a central circle for a beak and talons along the outer edge. The back also has bird-like features with a crest made of u and split u-forms. The side panels have a faded red design of an ovoid with two u-forms attached near the bottom left corner. The box is pegged together at the side seam and on the bottom.

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