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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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BasketD3.8

Small, circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid--basket and lid trimmed with sweet grass. Both lid and basket are covered in white quillwork, with the image of a chicken in the centre of the lid.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill and spruce root
Made in
New Brunswick, 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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BasketD1.449

Flared round coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and a foot of two coiled rows. Fully imbricated with four alternating rows of checkerboard pattern in red and dark cherry bark, and cat-tail grass (?) with dark and red cherry bark. Foot fully imbricated with dark cherry bark on top row and red lower row.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
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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BasketD1.450

Roughly rectangular basket with flaring sides and braided cording with a woven strap attached around the rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; line held on by rawhide; tump line woven with wool. Vertical striped design; each stripe is composed of stripes and checks in red/bullrush or black/bullrush. Design stops five rows before base. One filler of connected diamonds in red/bullrush. Tumpline has a blue zigzag line on green ground. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre, dye and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.451

Rectangular, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel to watch-spring base construction, and three rawhide loops (with a bit of string), two at either upper corner of one long side and one in the middle of the upper portion of the other long side. Decorated with partial beading. Vertical striped design of alternating widths (three stitches wide and then two stitches wide). The pattern alternates in colour as follows: one red/three cat-tail/one red/two black/one red. The pattern stops ten rows before the bottom. There is one beaded line near the base.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.452

Large cedar basket with a rectangular base, flaring sides and a loop of cord tied through the upper rim on one side. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel to watch-spring base construction; partial imbrication and beading. Vertical striped design: each stripe is three stitches wide; red line bordered by alternating bulrush and black or a black stripe bordered by alternating red and bullrush. Shaped fillers in various combinations of red, black and bulrush. Colour: tan.

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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Burden BasketD1.453

Large flared, rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel splint base construction, bifurcated overstitch at center. Upper half is fully imbricated in cat-tail grass with designs of mirror image 'c' shapes in black cherry bark. Black cherry bark stitches at intervals along rim. Lower portion has short vertical stripes of cat-tail grass divided in three and outlined in either red or dark cherry bark. Bottom has two rows of red cherry bark imbrication. Fibre through one side at rim.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, canary grass, fibre and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayD1.250

Round cedar root tray with handles. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), and watch-spring base construction. Side of tray consists of one slat with an overcast splint rim which is not connected to tray in two places in order to create handles. Decorated with partial imbrication - diamonds outlined in either red or black-dyed cherry bark with centres of light yellow grass (three are outlined in black and six in red). There are triangles (vertex down) on the exterior sides beaded in red cherry bark. The rim is also beaded in red cherry bark.

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