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BasketA2385

Rounded basket with a flat, rectangular base, an oval-shaped top and a raised flange arouind the opening. Every third stitch near base is black; two black bands, the lower one with red wool projecting, the second with yellow wool. Band near shoulder is green and natural with purple wool protruding. Plaited origin; plain twined sides and shoulder; cedar bark flange; braided rim; design elements woven in.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, cedar root, wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2388

Rectangular shaped basket with thin twined work in black. Twined openwork with plaiting is woven in between. Border is braised. Underneath border is openwork X-shaped stitching. Two strand-twisted handle made of black fibre and cedar bark. Light brown fibre cording is attached to handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2270

A rounded woven basket that has sides which flare upward and curve inward. The base has a red-brown checker weave centre with plain twined weave and extra warp elements added around the sides - wrapped twined weave. The main design is consisting of two horizontal blue-grey bands, one around near the top and the other around near the bottom. The basket has a handle. Lid - wrapped twined weave with plain twined weave in middle.

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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BasketA2271

Basket with four sides that taper towards the base. Constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a parallel slat base (single straight reinforcement stitches) and an overcast rim and buckskin thongs. The imbricated design is a partial step pattern staggered vertically in red with black on the top and bottom, or black with red on top and bottom, in varying lengths. There are four horizontal rows of these elements. The rim is beaded in black.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, deer skin ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2272

Cylindrical basket with wrapped twined weaving. Yellow and purple bands of triangles around the side with central band of orange with individual purple stitches.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket LidA2395

Circular wrapped twined lid with a central button handle. Central knob of mauve/black/yellow/pink/yellow/black; four "swastika" shapes in black; band of purple/yellow/pink/yellow/purple on sides.

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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Basketry LidD1.509

Circular, coiled cedar root basketry lid decorated with eight-petaled flower shape. The flower has triangular shapes at the end of each of the eight petals along the rim, in red cherry bark / cat-tail grass/ black-dyed bark. Lid consists of simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches, and watch-spring coil construction, and also has a flange. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
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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BasketA490

Basket woven with two strand twined weaving. Top border done in twine weave alternated with twisted weave (three weft strands). Three darker bands resulting from two-strand twined weave with one of the weft strands of dyed spruce root and one of natural spruce root.

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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BasketA491

Basket woven with two strand twined weaving with mixed twined weaving (diagonal twilled design) along top of basket. Four bands of darker faded black dyed spruce. Top edge is missing several large sections.

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA492

Basket woven with two strand twined weaving with alternate twined and twisted rows near the top and more complex top border. Six evenly-spaced darker black dye bands woven in. Top rim has several sections of missing material.

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