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BasketD3.13

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white and green leaf design of stitched porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread. Inscribed on the bottom are the word "Williams" and the number 10 in a circle.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.14

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white, green and pink leaf design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.16

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a pink, white and green design of stitched porcupine quills with four leaves in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.17

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white and green, four-leafed design of stitched porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread. Inscribed on the bottom are the word "Williams" and the number 8 enclosed in a circle.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK1.1

Wooden container with a cylindrical shaped handle, a triangular flat back with a large cone protrusion. The container is covered in black dyed leather and studded with nails. There is a hole at the end of the handle. The bottom edge of the base has holes with remnants of fibre twine still attached.

Culture
North African
Material
wood, brass metal, leather skin, dye and fibre
Made in
“North Africa” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1986 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange that rings the rim of the basket. Stylized zoomorphic figure repeated around sides and lid in black. Compound bands of black and yellow stripes around sides and lid; black circle in centre of lid. Base: checker work with plain twined or wicker weave. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tobacco PouchD3.177

Brown velvet tobacco pouch with multicoloured braided drawstrings with pompoms on the ends. White, green, blue, purple, gold, turquoise and transparent beads sewn in floral design on front. Back is of turquoise silk. Interior lining is blue checked cotton. Edges are covered with a scalloped beaded fringe.

Culture
Metis
Material
glass, silk fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
USA and Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagE175

Jute fibre, oval shaped bag consisting of vertical bands of green, fuchsia, red, purple, yellow, scarlet and natural colour. The top has a drawstring closure made from the woven green and natural handles. The bottom has a circular pattern and a loop that attaches the handle.

Culture
Zapotec ?
Material
agave fibre and dye
Made in
San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtE179 b

Square shaped skirt made with two different pieces of cotton fabric joined in the centre to form a rectangular tube. The detailing consists of a cream, undecorated piece of fabric stitched to a fabric detailed with repeating stripes of blue, pink, yellow and green on a red ground.

Culture
Chinantec
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ojitlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtE181 b

Large rectangular skirt (part b) with a brown and white striped pattern.

Culture
Zapotec
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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