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MatA8793

Round woven mat. Round turquoise center with uneven edges. Three purple and turquoise exterior bands make up the border. There is a checkered band in between with purple on the outer and inner edges and turquoise for the middle rhomboids. Lattice twined or wrapped twined weaving with folded over 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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MatA8792

Round woven mat. Central yellow circle with concentric orange-pink and dark blue bands adjacent. Purple zig zag bands with red and blue composite bands as the middle concentric band. Lattice twined weaving with folded warp border.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8791

Round woven mat. Central purple circle surrounded by several multi-coloured concentric bands that consists of magenta; yellow bordered by pink and purple surrounded by purple dashes; purple; and deep blue. Lattice twined weaving with central origin.

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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BasketA8790 a-b

Swamp grass basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Base (part a) has plaited origin with plain twining over wide warp strands. Sides and lid are twisted twined work. Slightly indented flange on the basket (part a). On the bottom rim of the basket and the side of the lid, there is a ribbon of black/yellow/purple/yellow/black. Sides of the basket (part a) have a main design consisting of two turquoise and black representations of an eagle with wings extended facing left and sitting on an arrow. Lid (part b) has a similar design of birds with a black/yellow/purple/yellow/black centre dot.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8789 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) with a fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Sides: one row of black on bottom rim; lower ribbon of brown/yellow/green/yellow/brown; central band of two rows of black scallops (one row pointing up, one row pointing down). Lid: sides have a black/natural/green/orange/ green/natural/black; ribbon of black figures on yellow ground, outlined in red and flanked by series of red two-stitch lines; central circular motif is maroon/purple/natural/black. Base: plaited origin and plain twined weaving (over wide warp strands). Sides and lid are in twisted twined work.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9009

An upward flaring cylindrical cedar bark basket that has a relatively square base. Has a plaited (checker work) weave with a braided border. Main design consists of six double horizontal rows of checkered black and natural.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9006

Small cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with remains of single loop border and foot with loop border. Watch-spring base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass, with vertical bands in red cherry bark with dark cherry bark center lines, and vice versa. Red stitches at rim.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9005 a-b

Part (a) Round cedar root coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Lid has a double strand loop work rim and button handle. Imbricated swirled design outlined in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and cherry bark in middle, then alternating with the reverse colour configuration, starting on lid and continuing as diagonal lines on basket. Lower row of foot is imbricated with alternating double stitches of red and black.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
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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BasketA9004 a-b

Part (a) Large urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of vertical rows of conntected diamonds with cat-tail grass (?) centers, red cherry bark middle row and dark cherry bark as outer row. Lid has a knob handle and is flanged. Imbricated design are single diamonds with crossed bottoms.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9002

Spruce root basket; plain twined work with false and true embroidered design. Warp strands alternate red/natural (1:1). Horizontal bands of shapes in red on black or natural on black (six rows). The slant of the rectangular figures alternates with every row.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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