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BasketA8924 a-b

Oval-shaped swamp grass basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); base; plain twined weaving around large center element of cedar bark. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weaving. Lid has large crossed stitch pattern over center. Sides: two series of bands in red with large green and red floral design in center. Lid: two circumferential sets of bands.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8867 a

Coiled work basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid (A8867 b). Watch-spring base construction and indented 1 slat flange along rim. Imbricated pattern of diagonal rows of 'i' figures in cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark. Row of horizontal bands of imbrication on top row. Cedar flange on rim exposed.

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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BasketA17087 a-b

Coiled cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b). Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches on sides, and parallel slat base and lid construction reinforced by stitches along edges. The lid has a braided edge and indented flange. Lid is decorated with double staggered rows of red and black cherry bark beading. Sides are imbricated with a dog-like animal figure followed by double row of vertical beaded zigzag bands (alternately red and black), all against beaded bullrush ground. Colour: natural.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.205 a-b

Coil woven basket (b) and lid (a) with a traditional pattern of and isolated group of three stripes woven in brown palm, four on the sides and four on the lid. The sides of the basket widen slightly towards the top where there is a shoulder just before the lip that holds the lid.

Culture
Barotse
Material
palm leaf and dye ?
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.203

A long rectangular woven piece that has a main design consisting of light brown and grey-brown triangular, diamond, and geometric shapes with horizontal bands of light brown, dark red-brown, and green-brown.

Culture
Barotse
Material
sisal fibre and dye ?
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BroomK4.202

Broom with red and natural colour string woven in diamond patterns and bound around top. Small looped handle on side at top.

Culture
Barotse
Material
reed grass, dye ? and fibre ?
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8799

Rounded, urn-shaped grass basket with encircling bands of multicoloured geometric and linear patterning.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar root
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8796

Cylindrical woven basket with a rounded, convex bottom. Twined work spruce root basket. Decorated with three horizontal brown stripes that are each six stitches wide.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8795

Round woven mat. Central magenta and yellow clockwise pinwheel type figure. Exterior border of magenta with yellow in between. In the middle, there are six purple ducks or bird figures on orange strips in an equally spaced clockwise direction in profile. Wrapped twined (or latticed twined) weaving with turned warp border.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8794

Round woven mat. Interior and exterior circular bands of orange and turquoise-blue creating the illusion of a 3-d design of rope twined over another rope. Two geometric modified purple-blue and yellow lightning figures with pink-red floral figures in between that have green leaves. Lattice twined weaving (similar to wrapped twined weaving) with central origin point.

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