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BasketA8528 a-b

Small, roughly cylindrical spruce root basket (a) with lightly flaring sides and a flat, fitted lid (b). Designs consist of three bands with central band in green, purple and natural (open rhomboid design). Wrapped twined weaving.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8460 a-b

Part (a) Rectangular coiled storage basket (bifurcated stitches) with lid, part (b). Parallel base construction and elongated watch-spring coiled lid construction. Fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and vertical zig-zag rows alternating in red and dark cherry bark. Two coil handles over rawhide on each short side. Basket has inner and outer rim. Row of solid cherry bark imbrication at outer rim and at base. Lid also fully imbricated with cat-tail grass(?) and has two continuous horizontal zig-zag rows of dark cherry bark near rim and red cherry bark above. Rectangular outlines in dark cherry bark around center, with red cherry bark filled in. Coil handle is missing at center.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum | Beater/Rattle1992-7/1

The dye is red. The paint is red, green, gold, white, and black. The fur is rabbit.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood, rawhide hide, leather, rope, hemp, dye, abalone shell, copper metal, paint, gold, fur, rabbit, horse hair, bone and cord
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Dance Apron7728
Neck Ring1995-74/1

The dye is red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, dye, cloth and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Mt. Goat Wool Blanket1996-13/1

The dye is black.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
mountain goat wool, wool and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Kimono2772/5

Uchikake (打掛) with gold, burgundy, blue, green, peach, yellow and brown embroidered designs and a red lining. Design elements include auspicious motifs such as cranes, pine trees, Japanese plum blossoms and the woven patterns on a heavy, creamy white fabric are family crests or kamon (家紋) known as kikkō ni hanabishi (亀甲に花菱), a small diamond-shaped flower motif in turtle shell pattern. The red lining curls up around the bottom of the white fabric to create a thick roll-like ruff known as fuki (袘).

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Stencil2767/5

Stencil used for decorating tapa cloth. Designs of a large palm leaf and a row of squares have been cut into an X-ray film negative. Stencil has been used and is coated with multiple layers of black and brown paint.

Culture
Fijian
Material
celluloid plastic, clay, oil paint and dye
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2770/4

Brown birch bark basket with a slightly oblong-shaped top and a square bottom. Bark is cut, bent and laced into place at twp sides, with a twig around the rim which is overcast with thin strips of dyed black root or bark. Vertical half-moon and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark. Interior is light coloured with a very rough surface.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nadleh Whut'en
Material
birch bark, wood, root ? and dye
Made in
Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2770/3

Brown birch bark basket with an oblong-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is cut, bent and laced into place at the two ends, with a twig around the rim overcast with thin strips of dyed root? Vertical half-moon and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nadleh Whut'en
Material
birch bark, wood, root ? and dye
Made in
Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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