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BasketD1.248

Large, roughly rectangular basket with a rounded shoulder and extended rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; overcast rim; imbrication and beading; canvas on exterior of bottom. Beading and imbrication; series of vertical bands in wide strips in black/red/bullrush. Background is totally beaded with red cherry in a "cluster of flies" pattern.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cotton fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.9 a-b

Circular, flat bottomed woven basket (part a) with a flared top lip and a flat lid (part b)--lid has a central knob. Basket sides bulge towards the centre, creating a short, rounded shape. Ringing the centre of the basket and the lid is repeated diamond pattern woven with green, red, purple and yellow palm leaf. Basket and lid are sewn with diagonal lines of white thread.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
grass, cotton fibre, palm leaf and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.10

Elliptical, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from an oval-shaped birch bark panel with a white, green and red tulip-like design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashE216

Sash with bands of multicoloured checkerboard pattern on a red ground. Finished with a twisted fringe at both ends.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomE217 a-i

A loom (parts a-g) with an unfinished woven wool textile consisting of blue, green, yellow, orange, maroon, white, pink and red geometric designs of triangles, squares and rectangles. The textile is attached at the top to one large, cylindrical shaped wooden stick (part a). Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp is a cylindrical shaped heddle covered in red twine; a flat, rectangular batten with triangular, pointed ends (part g); one shed roll (parts d), one cylindrical shaped bar with indentations on the ends (part i) and five long cylindrical shaped sticks of various size (parts b,c,e,f,g).

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinD2.38

One skin moccasin sewn around the sole, up the back and across the top where the cotton ankle covers are joined. Black velvet ribbon and green satin ribbon around the ankle. Leather thongs, beaded on toe with dark blue and light blue arrow-like-shapes on a white background.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
leather skin, cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and glass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeD2.44

Cape composed of an arch-shaped black velveteen collar with a floral pattern in orange, yellow, pink, red, silver, blue, black and brown beadwork, a blue beaded edge, and a long beaded fringe in clear and black beads in a lattice pattern with a band of black followed by a band of clear and another band of black and finished with lengths of silver beads. Cotton backing. The cape is in the "Bertha" style.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, plastic ?, cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.382

Cylindrical flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with rawhide ties which formed a handle at one time. Watch-spring base construction. Four rows are beaded, top two near rim in red cotton, the next in red cherry bark at the middle of basket, and the last in dark cherry bark near the bottom. The bottom also has a row of beaded red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cotton fibre, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TableclothE237

Vertical and horizontal plaid-like patterning of colours, in brownish-white, orange, black, red, green and blue. Short coloured fringe on long edges, shorter brownish-white fringe on ends.

Culture
Central Mexico ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashE239

Geometric patterns and figures in vertical brown band, bordered by strip of black circles on brown. Black ground. Edges are fringed.

Culture
Mexican
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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