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Burden BasketD1.315

Large flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with skin ties, two on one side, along with black string, and one on opposite. Parallel coiled base construction. Fully imbricated upper half with central bilateral pattern on both long sides, and continuous wave design on short sides, all in black and red cherry against bullrush ground. Lower half: series of vertical red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) strips. Bottom has three rows of imbrication, two in black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) in between.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ?, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.448

Basket with fine coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel splint base construction, and a foot of three coiled rows. Loops tied on for carrying. Decorated with partial imbrication in a vertical "half-arrowhead" design in cat-tail on red background. Design continues onto foot (three stripes per side, two per end).

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.348 a-b

Part (a) Tall, narrow coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches), with flanged lid, part (b). Parallel splint base and lid construction. Two strand twisted wool handle sewn on to basket in orange and blue, with red pom poms on ends. String through front. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass, with "flying goose" pattern, in vertical rows, alternating rows of red and black cherry bark. One vertical row of black chevrons between two lines sit between two rows of "flying goose". Same on back and front. Side feature elongated diamond shape in black cherry bark. Cherry bark beading on rim. The lid features elongated diamond shapes, alternating in red and black cherry bark, with tips of diamond shapes located along the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Tait
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, wool fibre, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1576

Eight barbed prongs set into shaft which is painted in white and red sections. The wood fore-shaft is set into the reed shaft. Base of the reed shaft is wrapped with stem ? or fibre. Wood fore-shaft is painted white at either end. Base of the wood fore-shaft is also wrapped with stem ? or fibre. Remnants of prongs are at the end.

Culture
Australian
Material
bone, resin, plant fibre, wood, stem ? and paint
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1577

Three prongs are firmly set into a brown wood shaft. Each prong has a barb. The shaft is painted in sections of white, black, and red from bottom to top.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, plant fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC1578

Long, tapering, brown wood shaft with a point that has one barb.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood, resin, plant fibre and bone
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.248

Large, roughly rectangular basket with a rounded shoulder and extended rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; overcast rim; imbrication and beading; canvas on exterior of bottom. Beading and imbrication; series of vertical bands in wide strips in black/red/bullrush. Background is totally beaded with red cherry in a "cluster of flies" pattern.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cotton fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.9 a-b

Circular, flat bottomed woven basket (part a) with a flared top lip and a flat lid (part b)--lid has a central knob. Basket sides bulge towards the centre, creating a short, rounded shape. Ringing the centre of the basket and the lid is repeated diamond pattern woven with green, red, purple and yellow palm leaf. Basket and lid are sewn with diagonal lines of white thread.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
grass, cotton fibre, palm leaf and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.10

Elliptical, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from an oval-shaped birch bark panel with a white, green and red tulip-like design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashE216

Sash with bands of multicoloured checkerboard pattern on a red ground. Finished with a twisted fringe at both ends.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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