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Basketry3575/1

Basketry covered clay jar with designs throughout a central band. Designs include steamship, deer, flowers, cannery, and boat; done in red, brown, green, and yellow. Above and below the band are open weave sections, trimmed with red; thin red stripe around foot of jar with purple triangles extending from either side. Two bands wrap around shoulder; top is red and green and bottom is plain yellow. Third open weave section divides shoulder and neck of jar; plain piece of cedar wraps around neck, trimmed with red. Red inverted triangles decorate opening of basketry; base of basketry consists of alternating bands of weave and open weave. Centre of base is woven and decorated with a plain green line. Glazed clay jar is dark brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, clay, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3567/1 a-b

Small woven grass basket with lid. Round basket with upper edge with one strip of cedar bark, that fits tightly under the dome-shaped lid. The imagery on the basket is of four green birds flying in the same direction around the middle, with a black and red stripe near the base. The lid has a faded black peak, with one black swirl and one red swirl below; the bottom edge of the lid has a green and red stripe around it. The colours inside are very bright, showing a dark blue-green and dark red-pink on the lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
dye, sweet grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry3552/3

Glass bottle covered with basketry. The basketry pattern has six bands of different types of weaving. The base is plain cedar bark; the bottom outer band is woven grass with red borders and a canoe image on both sides; next is a looser band of cedar weaving with a diagonal pattern (partly transparent), then a wider central grass band with an image similar to the BC Coat of Arms in the centre (shield-like shape between an elk and bighorn sheep, standing at sides) on one side, also with red borders. The other side appears to be a wolf headdress; then another loose cedar bark band; then another grass band with a canoe design on both sides, red borders, and two ducks on the short sides. There are 7 curved lines going up each shoulder; with the basketry ending midwayup the neck of the bottle (clear glass above). The bottle itself is somewhat oval, with flattened faces and rounded sides; the shoulders angle in sharply to a narrow neck (no lid).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Noomuthl Mask3533/1

Carved wooden face mask with a large nose protruding out from the centre. Painted mainly in black and blue, with large red nostrils and a pattern of red dashes at both upper sides. Round open eyes and an open slit at the mouth. Chin unpainted. Braided cedar bark rope attached all around the edges; the braid meets at the top and is bound by a cotton twine. Half of the bark has been dyed red. Above the bound area the cedar bark sticks out over the forehead, as a loose bundle. Inside unpainted. Artist initials carved into wood (T inside the A). (Metal eye hook and plastic tied across back for hanging.)

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
wood, red cedar bark, paint, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3502/3 a-b

Female doll, in a standing position, made of cloth (part a). Doll has a separate cedar bark head ring (part b), lined with red cloth, with two strips of fuzzy white trim along the top left and right edges, imitating fur. Facial features are embroidered with black thread. Two red diagonal lines decorate each cheek. Woman has long braided black hair, secured with blue ties, and white beaded earrings. She is wearing a black button blanket, with a wide red border along the top, left and right edges. Central design is of a sun(?), done in red. White buttons outline the border and the sun(?). Underneath, she is wearing a purple plaid-patterned dress and a dark blue dance apron. Apron has a central design of three feather-shaped sequins, connected by a green and white beaded arch. Two rows of green and white beads, in a zigzag pattern, beneath central design. Hanging from the points of the zigzags are large white beads. Black lines embroidered along edges of hands, imitating fingers. She is wearing dark brown shoes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre, cedar bark, plastic, metal and dye
Made in
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada ? or Tla'mataxw, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3502/2 a-b

Female doll, in a standing position, made of cloth (part a). Doll has a separate cedar bark head ring (part b), lined with red cloth, with two strips of fuzzy white material trimming the top left and right edges, imitating fur. The facial features are embroidered with black thread. Two red diagonal lines decorate each cheek. Woman has long black braided hair, secured with light blue ties, and white beaded earrings. She is wearing a black button blanket, with a wide red border along the top, left and right edges. Central design is of a copper, done in red. White buttons outline the border and the copper. Underneath, she is wearing blue floral dress, with a lace collar, and a dark blue dance apron. Apron has a central design of three feather-shaped sequins, connected by a yellow and green beaded arch. Two rows of green and white beads, in a zigzag pattern, beneath central design. Hanging from the points of the zigzags are large white beads. Black lines embroidered along edges of hands, imitating fingers. She is wearing dark brown shoes.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre, cedar bark, plastic, metal and dye
Made in
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada ? or Tla'mataxw, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Screen3474/1

Woven cedar bark screen with painted design in a horizontal orientation. Image is of two identical thunderbirds, bodies facing front and heads facing each other. Thunderbirds are outlined in black with formline designs throughout interior. Designs done in black with green and red-orange highlights. Each thunderbird has a curved horn on the back of their head and semi-circular shaped protrusion on top of their head. Thunderbirds have downward pointing wings and legs widely spread outward. Wings and tails have three feathers each and they are filled with dots. Wings have blue-grey dots, tail feathers have green. Main bodies are filled with red-orange dots, surrounding central designs, and head filled with blue-grey dots. Borders around all edges of screen are made of dyed(?) dark green-black strips of bark. The screen is edged with wide strips of bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3372/2

Large woven cedar bark basket. The basket has a square base and a large circular opening.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3372/1

Large woven cedar bark basket. The basket has a square base and a large circular opening.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3369/3

Rectangular woven handbag-like basket with plaited handles. Handles attach to the wrapped cylindrical rim, opposite each other. The design features a large black-brown whale on each long side, and a small green two-person boat on the short side. Two bands of cedar bark wrap around the basket above and below the designs. Plain woven cedar bark is visible at the base.

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