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Basket2785/3

Small rectangular cedar root basket. Imbrication all the way around the sides is of a light coloured grass, with red and dark brown cherry bark creating a pattern of double diamonds, bordered with vertical bands in red and dark brown. Green thread is stitched around basket near rim.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cedar wood ?, grass, cherry bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2785/2 a-b

Rectangular basket with lid (part b). Cedar slat and root construction. Decoration is four horizontal bands of light coloured grass, and large diamond patterns of red and brown bark are woven into the four sides, with red and brown rectangles decorating the lid. Handle straps consist of two off-white strips of hide, spliced at each end, looped through the bark weave of each long sides and knotted.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, rawhide skin, cherry bark and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Reel | Bark String211
Basket2695/13 a-b

Rectangular basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket a rectangular base, slightly flared sides and rounded handles on each end. The handles are secured to the inside with leather skin ties. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a slat foot and overcast splint rim. The basket has a continuous imbricated design of two bands zigzagging in cat-tail, red and black cherry bark. The lid has a imbricated diamond design with two bands.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, skin, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby Carrier2740/1

Basketry cradle with skin carrying straps attached to the sides. Woven designs in light and dark vary, one side and top end have zigzags along the top and rectangles below, the other side and bottom end have vertical lines. Two cross straps near each end are connected to each other by a thicker strap handle, and a piece of thin green rope is tied through opening at the bottom end.

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