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Unfinished BasketA4387

Rounded, half-finished basket with imagery woven around the sides: two birds, a whale and two canoes. Plaited origin, and wrapped twined work. Bottom band of purple/yellow/purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished MatA4388

Unfinished, small round mat; wrapped twined weaving. Central dot of pink outlined with green. Two eagles in brown, black, and grey at either side on curving orange arrows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished MatA4389

Unfinished, small round mat; wrapped twined weaving. Small central dot of red surrounded by a faded purple bordered with brown. Outer band of shapes in purple and green connected with red squares.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished MatA4390

Unfinished, small round mat; wrapped twined weaving. Purple dot in the centre outlined by yellow and red. Two large purple whales with yellow eyes and a yellow dot on side are at either side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5032

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with geometric rectangle designs, two on long sides one on short, outlined in dark cherry bark with two smaller rectangles upper and lower in red cherry bark. Short vertical bands at corners in red and dark cherry bark. Four rows of cat-tail grass (?) beading on foot, which may indicate basket was made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C. Fibre handles each side tied together.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
fibre, dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5033

Brown, flat-bottomed basket with a rectangular base and flaring sides. Columns of alternating red/white and black/white geometric motifs around sides. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; partial imbrication. Thong and string ties looped through weaving around rim.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5035

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with looped border on top of rim. Imbricated staggered arrow design in black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Along rim is a row of triangles in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Watch-spring base construction.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5038

Square shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) that tapers to a short flared foot. Three horizontal rows of imbrication, ouer two of cherry bark and middle of cat-tail gras (?), with repeating cross lines of cat-tail grass (?). The upper rim is beaded with black cherry bark. Parallel slat vase construction at base.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA5054

Coiled cedar root basket with elongated watch-spring base construction. Partial imbrication creates concentric, rectangular forms in alternating red, white and black (four staggered rows). Rim of base is beaded. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye and canary grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5055

Cedar root basket with a rectangular base, flaring sides and three loop handles around the rim made from leather thongs. Imbrication (partial). Horizontal panels of diagonal bands in red/black/bulrush with change in direction. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat foundation (inner area); overcast splint rim, imbrication. Colour: tan.

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