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Basketry LidD1.514

Flat, circular basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction and wire handle which is overcast in cedar root. Lid also has a flange. Decorated with partial imbrication, four "y" shapes--two in red cherry bark and cat-tail and two in black-dyed cherry bark and cat-tail. Imbricated designs are staggered around rim with stems facing the centre.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
metal, cedar root, cherry bark, dye and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.515

Basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction and a knob handle. Lid also has a flange. Decorated with partial imbrication, design consists of two rows of chevrons alternating in red and black cherry bark. The first row is around the rim, and the second is oriented counter-clockwise in the centre.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1115

Bowl on pedastal coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction. Double loop work on rim and foot. Imbricated geometric pattern of four large squares in black cherry bark, grass and red cherry bark, horizontally connected by double black lines. Stem has smaller squares in dark and red cherry bark on top row and partial squares in dark cherry bark, grass and red cherry bark on bottom row.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1121

A cylindrical basket with alternate twined and wicker weaving. Repeating pattern of three vertical bands of natural cedar, two red and one purple-black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1122

A brown basket mainly plaited with rows of twisted twined work bordering horizontal strips of twilling. Rim is braided. Central horizontal band bordered by dyed (brown) cedar root twined work, band has cedar bark warp with cedar root and dyed cedar root (brown) twilled pattern. Upper and lower bands are the same technique but cedar root is plain and pink design appears on both interior and exterior of the basket.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
dye, cedar root and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA6322

Frontlet featuring a large, three-dimensional bird's head with two smaller heads, one on top and another at the bottom. The bird and the lower face have mirror inlaid eyes. Upper head has abalone shell inlaid eyes. Abalone shell and mirror pieces decorate the border. Painted red, black, green and blue. A cap-like headpiece of red felt with a patterned white and grey top is attached to the back of the frontlet. Remnants of quills attached to the cap behind the frontlet are still visible.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
abalone shell, glass, silver alloy metal ?, wood, fibre, paint, dye and quill
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7278

Long narrow mat with painted designs. There are two centered paintings in green and red within two thick black circles. One painting is of a killer whale, the other is of a thunderbird. There is a pair of dark cedar strands running around the outside border. The edge is finished using a wider strip of cedar as the outermost strand and overcasting on a core of cedar. There is a wooden dowel attached across one end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
mud dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA1126

Round mat with ragged central dark blue circle surrounded by a concentric dark blue, purple, and green band. Two figures in red and purple are around the middle at either side. Outer rim edge is green, purple, and dark blue. Wrapped twined weaving (which is diagonal to the warp on the correct side and vertical to the warp on the reverse side).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA4272

Oval neck ring covered tightly with knitted, patterned red twine over a cloth core. Two sets of twine fringe, consisting of numerous strings frayed on each end, are attached to and hang from ring.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4261

Mask with painted black hair, eyebrows, moustache, and a line on either side of the face that extends across the cheek and curls over the red nostril. The lips are also red, and there are curved lines that extend from the sides of the face to beside and over the eyes. There is also a curved red line on the forehead. Green cord is strung through holes in the sides and top of the mask at the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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