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BasketNb7.326

Rectangular shaped, flattened basket, with decorated walls and two handles. Base in checker work plaiting with seven rows of yellow-brown decoration. Sides are decorated with six bands of diagonal plaiting in yellow-brown and black. Decorative band around the top of the basket in light brown and dark brown. Twining rim appears braided. Handles, three ply twisted cedar, are slotted through the sides one-third of the way down and knotted inside.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark, dye and grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.85

Twined, cylindrical basket with slightly flaring walls. Base decorated with five rows of yellow-brown stitches alternating with brown cedar bark stitches. Base continues for five rows up wall of basket, forming first decorative band. Above this is a five row band of yellow-brown, two row band of dark brown, central band of red-brown and yellow-brown alternating to form vertical stripes, two rows of dark brown, top band consists of four rows of yellow-brown, rim folded over and secured with row of twining.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
palm leaf, dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.324

Basket with a handle and a rectangular base with sides flaring to an oval mouth. Base and sides are made of simple plaiting. Sides are decorated with three bands consisting of four rows of black overlaid wefts. Rim edge is folded over and secured with two rows of twining. Handle is secured on each side by two knotted ends.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb660

Basket with a tight weave and slightly concave dish shape. Decorated with a ridge near the centre that has every third strand in light red alternating with two strands of undyed root. There is a decorative band near the rim of the dish with a geometric arrow design.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket849/7 a-b

Circular light brown woven basket with vertical sides and a fitted lid. On the lid, six ducks swim around a central maple leaf-like shape. Around the sides of the basket, whalers in a canoe are depicted spearing a whale, in addition to the image of two large birds in flight. Around the top and bottom edges of the basket are bands of green and orange colour.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
root, grass, dye and bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket849/6

Woven, rectangular, handbasket with two arching handles. Main body of the basket is a dark brown on light brown checkerboard weave, with a striped band of pink and aubergine ringing the bottom and the top. Encircling the centre of the bag is a plain woven band with the image of a whale and two people in a canoe, repeated on opposite sides of the basket.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.321

Small round basket. Circular base has warps radiating from a centre point with a spiral design. Base is demarcated from the walls by a row of stitching. Walls of wrapped twining have two decorative bands each consisting of seven rows: two yellow-brown, one green, one yellow-brown, one green, and two yellow-brown. Rim is finished in a braid-like weave.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.319

Round twined basket with a square plaited base. Walls have twining going in two directions and are decorated with bands of dark red-brown stitches. Rim is finished with a row of three ply twining with alternating stitches: two stitches yellow-brown and one stitch red-brown with the warps cut off.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye, fibre ? and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.317

Flaring basketry cylinder that is open at both ends. Bottom rim has warps turned up and secured by a row of twining. Walls are decorated with five bands consisting of a row of red-brown twining, light yellow-brown plaiting, and red-brown twining. Ridge on the walls formed by these raised rows of stitching. Band above this consists of two rows of yellow-brown twining.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
cedar bark, grass ?, dye ? and root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.315

Small plaited basket with a square base and slightly flared cylindrical walls and circular mouth. Sides are decorated with ten horizontal bands consisting of two rows each of black-brown overlaid weft. The rim with reinforcing bundle is wrapped with cedar bark.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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