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BasketryA8492

Swamp grass-covered glass vase. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork wicker weave. Two floral bands with red and purple flowers and green leaves in between openwork bands top and bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, glass, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8491

Swamp grass covered glass vase. Sides: wrapped twined weaving and crossed-warp plaited openwork. Base: plain twined weaving with checker work weave in center. Two floral bands between the three openwork sections.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9359

Small cylindrical basket with a wave motif and several animal figures in purple and red: three birds, a whale and a dog-like figure. Wrapped twined weaving on sides and base; folded warp rim.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8860

Swamp grass covered glass jar. Plain bands of colour top and bottom with two interior bands of green twined with red. Inside this are a row of purple birds along the top, a row of purple whales in the centre, and a row of alternating two-man canoes (one of which has line to whale) and ducks along the bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17161 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a fitted lid (b); lid has a raised, knob-like handle in centre. Decoration on sides of basket: two birds, each clutching an arrow; a thin set of circumferal bands (yellow enclosed by dark red) near the base, with a similar set of bands near the edge of lid. Lid: a four-colour whirlpool design around knob on the lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7464

Square mat - very fine weave. Geometric design of intersecting bands formed by groups of dark strands running at regular intervals through both warp and weft. Edge finished by folding back ends to make a short hem and binding them down with an extra stitch.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA2205

Woven cedar bark hat with cloth covering and baleen on exterior. Four kinds of cloth covering: white rayon-like fabric with raised floral imagery, pink-purple floral cotton, a rough ecru-coloured cloth, and white and grey checkered cotton on the top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
baleen, cotton fibre, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA3530

Rectangular mat with woven pattern. There are six bands across the weft of the mat. Each band has eight dark strands with one dark natural-coloured strand in the centre. The border around the edges has three dark strands and one dark natural strand. The edges are finished by overcasting on a core of cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8510

Cylindrical glass vase covered with a swamp grass sleeve. Base: plain twined weaving with center in checker work. Sides: wrapped twined weaving with crossed warp plaited openwork weaving. Several compound bands between openwork sections.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark, aniline dye and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8145

Rectangular mat with woven pattern. The mat has bands of dark cedar through both the warp and weft. The bands intersect at regular intervals, creating a grid-like pattern. The edges are finished using a thick strip of cedar as the outermost strand and overcasting on a core of cedar. There is a weft dowel attached across one end.

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