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BasketA2.610

Cedar root basket consisting of interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat base construction with wide slat foot. There is a braided coiled border; coiled openwork. Partial imbrication; continuous vertical zigzag designs. Alternation of vertical stripe bands with vertical zigzag bands. The first is in bullrush with red cherry or in bullrush with black and red. Zig-zag bands are tri-colour.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.611

Rectangular, footed basket with slightly flaring sides and a flap-style lid secured with three ties. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); back of basket is extended and folded to form a flap lid (parallel coils with edge of two coiled rows around it); foot of three coiled rows; twine ties. Total imbrication: series of vertical bands in black/red/bulrush repeating diagonal pattern, all against ground of bulrush. Pattern on lid is extension of pattern on back. Edge imbricated in bulrush; small patterns in red and in black. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, dye and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.614

Oblong birch bark basket; birch bark is bent and laced into place. A twig splint is overcast with natural and aniline dyed root. The overcast stitch forms a scallop - the colour sequence is as follows: red/purple/wide band of natural/purple/red/purple/wide band of natural/purple. The darker part of the bark is to the outside.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root and aniline dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.615

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of beading are featured along the rim in four spots. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
bark, birch bark, birch root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC938

Long, rectangular, dark and light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; uneven tones.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC941

The cloth is rectangular with designs covering the entire surface in dark red-brown, brown and black on a natural off-white background. On one side there are squares outlined in black and filled in with large black double triangles and patterned brown backgrounds. The other side shows the exact same designs but painted only in brown on the natural background.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, dye and oil ?
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8220

Flared rectanglular coiled work (bifurcated stitches)with foot. Parallel slat base and body construction: Imbricated design creating diamond design in negative space. Short sides have vertical pattern of diamonds on imbricated background of alternating cat-tail grass (?), dark and red cherry bark. Long sides have same design but two rows of diamonds. Foot is beaded in dark cherry bark. Rim is imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark.

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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BasketA8221

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel base construction. Beaded parallel rows alternating between red or dark cherry bark, from rim to base.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.96

Basket has two-strand twined weave with skip or over stitch (twill) weave at top border. Three horizontal bands of green with two oblique rows of diamond twill design, near border (or mixed twill design).

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RugA9255

Rectangular, multicoloured rag rug. The image on the rug is a side view of a grizzly-like figure, with large claws and eyes, wearing a headdress. The letters "N.I.N.S." appear in the top left hand corner.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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