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Basketry LidA2404

Oval-shaped basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat construction. Reinforced row in centre. Decorated with partial beading. Sides are imbricated in black-dyed cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6992

Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Rim loops to form holders for the handle (missing). Fully beaded in alternating red and black with natural yellow-white in between.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6988

Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel splint base construction. Two rows of looped work are on the side of the basket with a two strand looped work rim. Design also has x-shaped beading in black and red. Black beading just below the rim. Handle is overcast.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA8990

Coiled tan storage basket (part a) and lid (part b) with simple interlocking coiled work. Sides have bifurcated stitches. Parallel slat base construction with reinforced stitches along sides, an overcast rim, and a foot of three coiled rows. Partial imbrication of isolated figures and vertical bands. The sides have one vertical band in white/black/white with black and red triangles along the sides. At either side of this central vertical band, there are two stars in black around a white rectangle with circumscribed concentric diamonds on the interior. The ends have imbricated triangles. Vertical band and bird designs. Foot is beaded in a white grass. The lid (part b) has a design that continues from the basket in the same manner and has a double-corded handle with a branch wrapped around the middle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, dye, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz699 a-b

Upward flaring, circular basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Both the basket (part a) and the lid (part b) have a design that consists of four equally spaced diagonal red, white, black, white, red lines that curve around their sides. The basket (part a) has red sections around the foot. The lid (part b) has a knob.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17098 a-c

Natural coiled cedar root storage basket (part a) with a lid (part c) and a handle (part b). Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches on the sides. Parallel slat bottom and lid (sewn at edges), and a single slat, coiled foot. Cross-stitched border to the lid. Red and black geometric pattern. The lid (part c) has a large red and inner black triangle-diamond shape formed of single, unattached imbrication. Additional black stitches at the edges. The basket (part a) front and back have two detached tri-colour figures, a diamond shape above an outward curling v shape, with vertical tri-colour bands on each side. The sides have two tri-colour chevron figures on each side. The basket (part a) has two handles, one of which is attached and the other of which is detached (part b).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA6950 a-b

Round coiled cedar root basket (part a) with lid (part b). Parallel slat base construction with indented slat flange on the basket body and the slat foot. Basket (part a) has overcast handles (one missing). Decorated with imbrication and beading in cherry bark and white grass. Design consists of rows of large and widely spaced modified diamond figures. Lid (part b) has watch-spring construction with a three point star design.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, wood, grass, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HarpoonA9370 a-b

Harpoon with a very long, straight shaft (a) with a throwing end shaped to fit fingers bound to it with cherry bark. Forked spear end (part b) divided and bound with cherry bark and cord.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
fibre, wood and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA3128

Coiled tan cedar root basket (part a) with a lid (part b). The sides of the basket (part a) have partial imbrication of discrete and connected figures. Upper row is of diamonds with two lower rows of zigzags, all of which is done half in red and the other half in black and white checkers. Foot is beaded in red. Upper edge is beaded in red. Small black and white rhomboid figures around the rim. Interlocking coiled work bifurcated stitches. Parallel slat and base construction. The lid (part b) is decorated with partial beading that consist of five or more staggered columns of small clusters of six black stitches. The edge is beaded in red cherry bark. Lid has flange and fits into the top of the basket approx. 2" in from the outer edge. Slat foot.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cherry bark, dye, canary grass and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz683

Wall hanging style container with a rectangular bottom and small back wall rising to a triangular shape with a small loop for hanging at the top. Open work rim. Imbricated design in red and black beading.

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