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BasketA8198 a-b

Cylindrical woven basket (a) with lid (b); lid has a braided, u-shaped handle attached in the centre. Base: two strand plain twined wicker weave with additional cedar warp strands added in. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave with plain twined weave on lid. Sides: horizontal band top and bottom. Central figures of duck and pot with two flowers alternately. Lid: two sets of compound concentric bands with purple/natural plain twined weaving on cover. Lid is inset from sides. Colours: orange, tan.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7825

Lattice twined weaving with a scalloped border formed by some triple strand weft stitches. Dark scalloped edge and centre with orange and turquoise diagonal striped bands around each and a floral band of orange, red, purple, and green in the middle region of the mat.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7826

Lattice twined weaving with a scalloped border formed by some triple strand weft stitches. Dark scalloped edge and centre with orange and turquoise diagonal striped bands around each and a floral band of orange, red, purple, and green in the middle region of the mat.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7827

Lattice twined weaving with a scalloped border formed by some triple strand weft stitches. Dark scalloped edge and centre with orange and turquoise diagonal striped bands around each and a floral band of orange, red, purple, and green in the middle region of the mat.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7926

Woven coil basket with a flat, rectangular bottom, flaring sides and an open rectangular top. White, red and black dyed cherry bark in vertical, triangle-shaped geometric designs around the sides.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, grass, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7605

Long rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with high wall on one side with a hanging loop formed from top row of coils. Parallel slat base construction with single diagonal reinforcement stitches. Interior of high side is beaded in parallel rows of grass. Exterior fully imbricated in grass with dark cherry bark imbricated letters on front that say "COMB"; vertical band of horizontal stripes in red cherry bark on each short side. Similar vertical design in red cherry bark on back. Handle has grass beading.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.689

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square bottom. Birch bark is bent and laced into place. A twig splint around the rim is closely overcast for reinforcement, with several bands of crabapple (?) bark beaded in. Geometrical design is scratched on: two rows of scallops bordering chevron strip. Darker part of bark is to the outside. The overcasting is mainly thin strips of natural coloured root (?) with strips of black dyed root (five stitches wide) - two on ends and two on sides. Only the side portions of the natural root overcasting is beaded in a 1:1 ratio.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch root ?, dye, crabapple bark ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.692

Large birch bark basket. Birch bark bent and laced together with birch root. Birch twig around rim is overcast with dyed root. Design is scratched on. Design on side one: vertical stripes of triangles on lines. Side two: vertical strips filled with oblique strokes bordered by triangles. Rim is overcast with dyed root (?). Dark part of bark is to the outside.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
dye, birch root ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.591 a-b

Wicker weave with twilled weave for patterns. Running pattern on top and side (with pattern running clockwise on top, and counter-clockwise on the sides). The colour is dark greyish-blue-purple.

Culture
Aleut
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Nome, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.594

Cylindrical light brown woven basket with several black weft fibres used at random intervals.

Culture
Aleut
Material
sea grass and dye
Made in
Samalga, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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