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RugD4.3

Rug woven in beige, grey, red, and varying shades of brown. The design centres around a red and dark brown cross on a brown, beige, grey and red background with two smaller and two larger red diamond shapes with dark brown borders. There is a dark brown band around the central design with six red diamond shapes on either side. Each end has a band of dark brown, red, light brown, dark brown and light grey-brown.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RugD4.5

Almost square weaving with a red border enclosing two Yei figures with green faces, one in the center holding long objects and wearing an orange and green striped tunic and yellow, black and light blue skirt, the other holding a long object wearing blue and orange stripe clothing which extends as a three sided border with skirt, legs and feet at end. Tall vertical yellow designs (corn stalks?) between them, all on an off-white ground.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.508

Rectangular, coiled basket with slightly rounded sides and a vertical striped design consisting of double lines in white/red/white/black. The rim is beaded in red and black cherry bark. Simple coiled work, parallel slat base construction, and coiled handles. Decorated with both partial imbrication and beading.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA1479

Double woven hat with spruce root wefts on outside and red cedar bark wefts inside. The hat has a domed appearance with indented top. The warps are red cedar bark, and are plaited at the top. The warps are split and twined with spruce root. Double strand twining is used to cover first three and then two warps at a time for several rows, and then one at a time. Some of the warps near the top rim have been dyed. A large area of natural coloured spruce root wefts follows, with triple strand twining preceding a decorative band. This horizontal band of zigzag design is done in yellow and faded purple. Near the bottom rim there is a row of triple strand twining that is dyed purple. It is followed by two rows of double strand twining which alternate purple and the natural yellow. The bottom of the hat is finished with a row of triple strand twining with purple dyed wefts. The hat liner is woven with red cedar bark wefts, except for a few areas where grass is used. The top is also plaited and then the warps are split and twined. There is a decorative row that alternates light yellow and purple dyed grass. Several rows of double and triple strand twining in red cedar follow. A hat band of diagonally plaited red cedar bark is then introduced. It has a strip of grass plaited into it near the point of attachment. Decorative bands in purple/yellow and purple/turquoise follow. The warps are split in two again near the rim.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
spruce root, cedar bark ? and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA486

Plain twined weaving (two strand) with black and natural strands and with both natural strands; also has a variety of twilled weave (known as skip stitch) along top border; five bands of alternating dark and natural weft; top border of radiating chevron twill design.

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sala gamiilga gaax ganou2641/1

"The Raven Dances with Frogs" robe. Hand-woven chilkat style child's robe, shaped like a horizontal rectangle on three sides, with the lower edge curving downward to the centre. Long warp fringes of brown and white yarn along the lower edge tapered to be the longest at the centre, with supplementary fringes of white yarn. Main panel is composed of complex formline design in black, white, yellow, and turquoise, outlined in narrow black and white braids, a wide surround of yellow, another band of braids, and an outer surround in black. Double band of braids of brown and white yarn at each side, ending in four bands of wrapped yarn, two black alternating with two yellow. The main panel has a rectangular human-like face at the centre front, above which are two yellow eye forms containing frog faces. Below the rectangular form are two inverted eye forms, beside which are feet with claws. Above these on each side are two more eye forms in yellow. At the midpoint of each side edge is a rectangular profile human-like face looking inwards towards the centre. Throughout the robe the braid outlining is raised from the finely-woven surface, making it three-dimensional. Only the major designs show on the reverse, not the braids.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin, sheep wool fibre, yellow cedar bark, dye, nylon fibre and wax
Made in
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2316 a-b

Basket (part a) of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base and lid (part b) construction. Decorated with partial beading. Each slat row has two rows of staggered beading that alternate in black and red with every slat row. The lid (part b) has every other slat beaded as well as the rim beaded in red. Cross stitches on the rim of the lid.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2322

Coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket with imbrication and beading. Red cherry bark on rim. Pattern on body is vertical mirror image triangles, each row of black or red cherry bark, two per side and one per end.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2324

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of squares with lines through centre, four in dark cherry bark and grass on long sides and two in red cherry bark and grass on short side. Rim is beaded with red and black cherry bark. Base has one row of red beading.

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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BasketD1.493

Rectangular, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and parallel slat sides. Rawhide loop and one string loop are at either upper corner of one long side with another string loop in the middle of the upper portion of the other long side. Decorated with partial beading, every fourth row is beaded with three rows of black, one of red, four rows of black, one of cat-tail, and one row of red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye, rawhide skin and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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