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BasketA7507

Woven basket with a square bottom, gently flaring sides and an oval-shaped upper rim. Sides are twined with sections of plaiting; rim is braided. Three wide horizontal strips of dyed cedar bark fed in-between warp strands, and three strips of dyed bark twined into sides.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7508

Short, rounded basket with a square bottom and round, open top with a thick, braided rim. Sides are plain twined work with five encircling bands of alternating dark and light brown colour. Base is plaited cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA3723

Dome shaped, double-woven, cedar bark hat with a design that is painted on. The hat has plaiting at the top which is outlined with double strand twining. The warps are then split and the twining becomes finer. A row of triple strand twining separates the top from the sides of the hat. The body of the hat is woven with double strand twining and features a painted design. The design is expansive; the main elements are two large eyes in black outlined in green with grey-blue under brow. The bottom rim of the hat has a row of triple strand twining. The hat liner is woven in a similar manner to the exterior hat, but not as finely. The liner does not extend to the full height of the hat, but stops just below the hat band which is twill woven (over two, under one).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
cedar bark and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA3724

Dome-shaped, double-woven, cedar bark basketry hat. The top is slightly indented with plaiting in the centre. The plaiting is outlined with double strand twining, after which the warps are split and the twining becomes much finer. The rim, at the top, is outlined with one row of triple strand twining. Triple strand twining is also used along the bottom rim, above which is two rows of double strand twining and then another of triple strand. The rest of the hat is double strand twining. The hat is decorated with three rings of grass wefts, each ring being three rows wide, and alternating purple and the natural yellow colour. The hat is lined with cedar bark that is plaited at the top, and then twined using two strands. The hat band is both twined and plaited.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3732

Small glass jug, or bottle, covered with a woven basketry sleeve. Wrapped twined weaving with plain twined weaving around handle and on base. Several compound bands with one complex band composed of figures. Colours: green, orange, purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar bark and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4328

Rectangular-shaped basket with handles on the inside top rim. Sides are composed of wrapped and twined openwork weaving with warp coiled around splints at the top (wrapped warp border). The base is composed of two-strand twilled plaiting.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA3725

Dome shaped, double-woven, basketry hat with spruce root exterior and red cedar bark warps and liner. The top of the hat is indented with a plaited square of cedar bark, which is outlined with double strand twining in spruce root. The warps are then split and the twining continues, but is much finer. The top rim is outlined with one row of triple strand twining, as is the rim at the bottom of the hat. The hat is decorated with a green dyed rings near the top and bottom of the hat, and a purple dyed ring around the centre. The liner is woven with red cedar bark, except for two decorative rings in spruce root that have been dyed purple--one is near the top and the other the bottom. There are also two rings which flank the hat band that alternate green and the natural light yellow coloured spruce root. The hat band is diagonally plaited.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, spruce root and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookA5318

Hook composed of a bone point lashed at an angle to a u-shaped length of spruce root with split cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark, bone and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8134 b

Headdress has a head-ring with feathers and loose bark attached to the front. Attached to the back of the head-ring are long lengths of bark which hang loosely.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, fibre and feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8135

Headdress made from cedar bark and feathers. The bark has been left loose and fastened together at the top. Hawk or grouse feathers have also been added to the top, tied on with pink ribbon.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, hawk feather ? and plastic
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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