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BasketD1.503

Oval flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches), elongated watch-spring base construction. Four rows of beading, each alternating in bands of red and dark cherry bark stitches.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Great Raven MaskA8545

Great Raven Hamsiwe’ mask. The large, carved, wooden mask has a long beak with large red, coil-shaped nostrils, with a red and white split u-form behind it. The mouth is red with two braided cedar handles on each side. The beak is black with large u-forms outlined in white along the edge of the mouth. The bottom part of the beak is hinged with large diamond shaped pieces of metal. The face has white split u-forms behind the eyes along with a white wing-like shape. The bulging eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The underside of the beak is black with an ovoid shaped pink face with black brow, moustache and eyes along with red nostrils and mouth. Emerging from the top of the head is an elongated, protruding rounded section painted with white u-forms. The face is decorated with small cedar bundles; large cedar handles on bottom of beak. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a piece of fibre twine that articulates the beak and two leather straps with metal buckles to hold the mask to the wearer. Attached at the top ridge is a dyed cedar rope and a rubber crest of u-shaped pieces painted red. The left side has a thick braid of cedar. The mask is painted black, white and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar bark, rubber, red cedar wood, paint, cotton fibre, skin, metal and dye
Made in
Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2299 a-b

Rounded, coiled cedar root basket (a) and lid (b). Basket has parallel slat base construction, while lid has watch-spring construction with an indented flange. There are handles on the basket and lid. Decorated with total imbrication. Lid has a double series of wave design in black and red with a star pattern in black and red, all against a cat-tail grass background. The sides have an angular key design, which forms a lattice pattern. The bottom pattern has a diamond in red within it, the rest is black with red against a cat-tail background. The handles are also imbricated, and there are two rows of beading around the bottom edge. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
dye, fibre, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA1768

Rectangular mat. Pair of dark strands run around entire border. Edge finished by including wide strip of cedar as outermost strand and overcasting on a core of cedar. Mud-dyed (dark) cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA1770

Rectangular mat with woven border. There is a double band of mud-dyed cedar around the edges of the mat, crossed at the corners. The edges are finished by overcasting on a core of cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2345

Coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket with double strand loop work inner border. Watch-spring base construction. Outer rim is single strand loop work. Imbricated design of arrow shapes on body and diamond on lip. Arrow shapes with smaller diamond shapes inside, alternating in black/white/black. Little diamon shapes on rim alternating in red and black.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2346 a-b

Cylindrical woven basket (a) with a rounded bottom and an acorn-shaped lid (b). Plain twined work with braided border. Four black horizontal stripes painted around the sides. Brown woven band encircling the centre of the lid.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
spruce root, dye and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1878 a-b

Basket (a) and lid (b) constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel base construction and elongated watch-spring lid construction (no flange). Imbricated and beaded designs: the lid has three rows of beading in red cherry bark, and the basket has partial imbrication with vertical checkered bands ten stitches wide in black cherry bark and off-white cat-tail grass. Two stitches of each colour in checkerboard arrangement with some triangular double vertical bands in black.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketD1.504

Oval, narrow flared coil basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of vertical striped pattern with connected cross-shapes, rows alternating in black cherry bark with red centers, and red with black centers. Three stripes per side, one per end.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA128

Bottle covered with a fitted woven swamp grass sleeve (a) and cap (b); decorated with compound bands of linear patterning around sides and cap in green, purple and yellow. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides and cap: wrapped twined weave.

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