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Basketry3454/1 a-b

Basketry covered bottle (part a) with faded design of a whale and whalers in a boat around middle. Above and below the whaling scene is a single red line with half circles repeating through it. There are bands of faded black with repeating red dashes through the centre. On the shoulder of the bottle is an extremely faded black design. The base has various sizes of plant fibres used, and an oval design in bright yellow, outlined in black. Removable basketry lid (part b) has two red dotted lines around the side and a red circle on the top with a faded black spiral design within.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar root ? and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut Hook3419/1 a-b

Wooden halibut hook (part a) with wooden B-shaped float and detached metal barb (part b). Float attached to hook by thick cord wrapped in cedar root. A section of twisted cord extends beyond the float in a loop. The barb has lashings around its base.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar root, wood, iron metal, plant fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2899/1 a-b

Large rectangular lidded basket with handles and a tight weave. The basket body is deep with a wide mouth, narrowing to a smaller base, with imbricated diamond, triangle and arrow shaped patterns in colours of tan, dark brown and red-brown decorating all sides. The lid (part b) is flat and has a low profile. It is decorated with imbrication similar to that on the body. The basket has two half circle handles attached at the shorter sides, just under the rim (one reattached in 2019).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3369/2 a-b

Round basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket sides are decorated with a canoe and sea creature. There are three figures in the canoe, one of them holding a spear. The basket sides bulge at centre, tapering slightly to the rim, reinforced by a band of cedar bark. The basket also tapers slightly towards the base. The centre of the base has a simple square weave of cedar bark. The lid is decorated with a six-point star, faded to red and olive green, which incorporates the knob at centre. The imbricated designs have faded on the exterior basket sides and lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root ?, dye and cedar bark ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wolf and Killerwhale Transformation3309/8

Paddle carved from a single piece of wood. On one side, the blade and shaft have carved and painted designs with inlaid abalone and operculum shells. The shaft has a large red whale(?) with a row of operculum teeth facing the grip, and below the cedar wrap, a raven(?) profile. The blade has a black wolf-killerwhale(?) and a small red salmon(?). The grip is natural, with either side painted black and inlaid with abalone shell. The blade, throat and mid-shaft are wrapped with cedar root. A thin black leather strap is tied below the grip.

Culture
Coast Salish: Stz'uminus
Material
yew wood, abalone shell, operculum shell, cedar root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Violin Case3290/1

Woven basketry violin case. Made of bear grass (white), cherry bark (red), and cedar bark (black) beading over cedar root. The maker's signature is in gold beading at the top of the case. There are two hinges of leather, and on the opposite side, a woven handle and two leather ties. The base and interior are plain.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cedar bark, cherry bark, bear grass and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3304/1

Four-sided woven basket. A large rectangular top, which tapers in to a small rectangular base. The sides and rim are beaded with cherry bark and cedar bark in a repeating flower-like design, alternating between dark red and black with off-white. The rim of the basket is beaded as well. There are five loops of rawhide tied through the sides of the basket, one on each of three sides, two on the fourth side.

Culture
Okanagan
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing Creel3328/1

Fishing creel basket with attached lid. The basket is constructed of coil weaving with an irregular curved rectangular base, concave back and convex sides creating a bulge at the centre of basket narrowing to rounded rectangular mouth. Imbricated with insect designs in red and black bark. The lid is attached by two rawhide ties. There is a rectangular hole woven in the centre of the lid. There is a small slit in the front edge of the lid, and just below the rim of the basket. The interior is plain. (A brown shoelace has been tied to the back of the basket.)

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, dye, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model, Checker Work Bag50.2/4087
Basket3259/44

Burden basket with tumpline. Small, square base; basket walls flare toward rim, with a slightly curved profile. Black and red cherry bark imbrication is used to create linear designs with deep ‘v’ shapes on all sides. Hide thong loops, tied through the weave near rim, hold a tumpline made of red and grey wool and braided cedar bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx ?
Material
cedar root, wool fibre, cherry bark, rawhide skin and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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