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BasketryNb11.228

Open-neck glass bottle covered with a finely woven basketry sleeve. Faded figurative and linear designs around the sides.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2383

Small woven basket with a flat rectangular base, lightly flaring sides and rounded ends. Lower band of purple; middle ribbon of staggered purple and natural lines bordered by purple. Twisted twined work, wide cross-stitches on base; overcast rim; flange.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK2.414 a-b

Sword (a) with leather scabbard (b). The sword handle is covered in red and black leather with a band of red leather and plant fibre weaving in a diagonal linear design, and a metal finial. The sword blade has three indented lines running lengthwise from near the blade base to nearly halfway down the blade. The scabbard is composed of several bands of alternating red and black leather, a section of mottled red and brown leather stamped with several bands of geometric pattern, another section of alternating red and black bands, and a black laterh tip stamped with linear designs.

Culture
Malinke
Material
leather skin, metal, fibre, plant fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone ? or Mali ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7001 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat shoulder and a flat, fitted circular lid (b). Black and orange combined stripe around centre of basket. Orange and black circular motif in centre of lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.245 a-b

Oval-shaped woven basket (a) with straight vertical sides, a flat, horizontal shoulder, and an oval-shaped, flat, fitted lid (b). bands of multicoloured geometric patterning and stripes around sides of basket and on lid. Colours: red, blue-black, green, pink, and orange.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3138 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid has a central knob-like handle. Repeating figurative motifs around the sides of canoes and birds in blue-black; bands of green and purple around the bottom edge. Concentric linear patterning on lid in blue-black, green and purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3431

Handbag-like open work basket with tall sides, two bands of dark brown colour encircling the sides, and two twined handles attached to the upper rim opposite each other. Base is plaited. Sides are cross-warp twined. Rim is a splint which is overcast then the strands are braided. Handle is three twisted, wrapped strands.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7005 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Basket has three purple canoe motifs encircling the sides and ands of blue and purple colour around the top and bottom edges. Lid features concentric blue and yellow circles, as well as a central blue star-like figure.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leggings473/17 a-b

The leggings are black with striped designs in black, green, red, pink and yellow and decorated with white seed beads. The first panel has wide vertical stripes in green and red and thin horizontal stripes in yellow, red, blue and pink. The panel is outlined on three of four sides with white beads. The second panel has five horizontal stripes; two thick green stripes and a thin black, red and yellow stripe. The panel is outlined along one edge with spaced white beads and the other sides with red stitching. The bottom panel is a series of horizontal lines of pink, green and red. The bottom cuff is lined with green fabric and white beads.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre ?, seed and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.246 a-b

Large cylindrical basket (part a) that flares upward and outward and that has a lid (part b). The basket (part a) has partial imbrication in a continuous figure of a large cross in red (exterior) lined with bullrush extending almost to the entire height of the basket with beading in black on the foot and in bullrush around the rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Watch-spring base construction. Slat foot and indented flange. Beaded twine handle at either side with imbrication and beading. The lid (part b) has darker squares interspersed throughout.

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