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BasketryNb11.330

Flat-based, rounded jar with tapering neck and flared lip (a) covered in a woven grass sleeve; round woven lid (b) with knob handle in the centre attached to jar with brown thread. Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining with central checker work. Design of six concentric bands of linear patterning with various colour combinations: orange, green, purple, and red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cotton fibre, dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayNd570

Coiled round tray with a five coil rim and two-coil loop handles. Coils become wider as they progress from centre outward. Geometrical red and black cherry bark and grass imbrication on inner surface of tray. Band imbrication on outer side of rim. Broken handle attached with string.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cherry bark, cotton fibre, grass and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd564 a-b

Part (a) Coiled circular urn shaped basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid part (b). Basket has two-coil foot with cherry bark beading on bottom row. Imbricated design of criss-crossing diagonal bands forming connected diamonds, in rows of dark cherry bark, bear grass, and red cherry bark. Imbrication on round lid has same rows of colour in three peaks. Coiled string for handle at center. Flange under lip of lid.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cotton fibre, bear grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketNd581

Coiled burden basket in a traditional trapezoidal shape. Beaded cherry bark in bands decorate the basket. One side of the basket has two hide loops to which a denim fabric tumpline style carrying strap has been attached.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, rawhide skin, cotton fibre and cherry bark
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNa697

Elliptically shaped cradle made of white-yellow hide stretched over a frame constructed from split branches; branch frame is bound together with cotton gauze. Hide is stitched around the top rim of the cradle with black thread.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, rawhide skin and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNb661

Arrow consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with one notched end and a metal point at the other, secured with wrapped sinew. The triangular point has a double notched base and a narrow stem. At the midpoint of the metal stem has an oval hole. String is tied around stem where stem enters the shaft. At opposite end of shaft are two strips of feather secured by wrapped sinew. Red pigment, possibly ochre, is present on the basal end. The basal end of the shaft is notched.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Kwantlen
Material
cotton fibre, feather, sinew, pigment, wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketNd578

Rectangular, flared, coiled root basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring construction. Imbricated rows of alternating red and dark cherry bark and grass imbrication, however the grass is mostly broken away from the surface. Cotton string attached to rim of one corner, jute cord attached to rim of 3 other corners. Remnants of hide loops attached to long sides of basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, jute fibre, rawhide skin, grass and cotton fibre
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidNd576

Coiled rectangular lid. Handle in centre of lid has string foundation and was wrapped with grass. Grass is partly detached from foundation. Rim of lid has cedar bark foundation with wrapped grass intertwined. Only one corner has rim decoration, remainder has broken off. Top of lid has red and black cherry bark and grass imbrication in arrowhead geometrical design.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cherry bark, cotton fibre, bear grass and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BundleIe351 a-h

A bundle originally wrapped in bark (part a) (now fragmented). Contains two river pebbles (parts b-c) rubbed with red ochre, a string of cassowary feathers about 42 cm. long (part d), a length of cotton cord, (part e) on which, there are threaded small fibre balls and at the end of which, there is a 3 cm. long strip of red cloth, one fossil (part f) and two pieces of obsidian (parts g-h).

Culture
Kewa
Material
stone, cotton fibre, ochre pigment, rattan, bark, cassowary feather, fibre, obsidian stone and fossil mineral
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz793

Round, coiled basket with a foot, a handle (34.5 cm long), and a twined loop work rim. Sides and bottom are split stitches over slat foundation. Handle has bundle foundation. Foot, handle, and row below the loop work rim are beaded in red-brown. Imbricated with geometric designs of three horizontal zig zag rows with black in the middle and red-brown above and below.

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