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Basketry LidD1.523

Circular basket lid with a raised, open centre. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with modified watch-spring construction and overcast top edge (around hole). Total imbrication which alternates red/black/white, so arranged as to give radiating bands of each coming out from centre. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3161

Construction consists of two separate pouches on a long back piece which folds over and covers. Design consists of horizontal bands where each of the bands is proceeded by a change in weave. Plaited checker work, loose twine weave and openwork "eyehole" weave - crossed-warp twined. Colours include green and natural browns.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3354

Small cylindrical coil basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), black and red cherry bark that alternate in diagonal bands, from rim to bottom of foot. Watch-spring base construction.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3358

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of plant or flower, two on each side and one on each end, stem and leaves in black cherry bark and head in red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cherry bark, cedar root and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3374

Small coiled bowl (bifurcated stitches) with pedastal and foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of seven tri-colour diamonds, alternating in dark or red cherry bark outline filled in with the reverse or cat-tail grass (?), and each colour for centers. Looped pedastal, dark cherry bark beaded foot with square open coil work base.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2433 a-b

Small urn shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and lid (part b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of large checkerboard diamond shapes in red bark and grass and black bark and grass. Lid has three small checkerboard triangles around rim in same colour configuration, with another row above of checkerboard triangles. Foot is beaded with grass in two rows.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3014

Short rounded coil basket (bifurcated stitches). Fully imbricated with background of grass, design of continuous horizontal geometric diamond pattern, outlined in red cherry bark, then dark cherry bark. Watch-spring base construction, rim has extra cross stitches on the interior.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3083

Footed, cylindrical openwork basket: wrapped twined openwork basket with two wide strips of flat cherry bark woven in wicker weave; single coil border anchors braided trim along top circumferences; square plaited bottom two stripes of red cherry bark with dyed band above.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood ?, spruce root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3096

Basket in the shape of a suitcase. Side opposite lid has a large complex star figure in white, black and red, surrounded by beaded border of circles and semi-circles. Edges are decorated in red, black and white beading which creates a pattern of circles and semi-circles. The lid has a border similar in appearance to the side opposite, and an inner pattern of white chevrons and black verticals. Simple coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base and lid construction.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, rawhide skin, canary grass, cherry bark, metal and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA3408

Large flared, rectangular coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches). Most of basket is imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) background with vertical geometric scroll design in two parallel bands of red, and dark cherry bark. At rim are intervals of dark cherry bark stitches. On each long side is a black cherry bark cross between the vertical pattern. On lower portion of basket are "cluster of flies" checkerboard bands of red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?).

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, canary grass, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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