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MatD3.44

Brown, oval-shaped birch bark mat with red and yellow quill decoration in the centre. Two bands of sweet grass coils with a single band of zigzagging open work between them--all sewn with black thread--encircle the central birch panel.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
sweet grass, birch bark, cotton fibre and porcupine quill
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.28

Square bottomed, circular woven basket with a thin, flat topped handle bridging the centre. Red, black and yellow bands of sweet grass encircle the sides.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
ash wood, swamp grass and sweet grass
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.2

Brown, square woven basket with a checker work (plaited) bottom and wicker work sides--two bands of thinner wicker work encircle the basket.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
birch bark ? or grass ?
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket636/24 a-b

A small light brown cylindrical basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There are two brown and orange birds on opposite sides of the basket (part a) with wings outstretched and holding an arrow pointing counter-clock-wise with their feet. Two brown canoes are in between these birds on either sides. There are three horizontal rows of dark brown, yellow, and dark brown around the bottom of the basket (part a). The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) has a round red-brown knob at the top centre surrounded by a yellow, green, and red-brown sun-like circle with the same two birds on either sides. There are three horizontal rows of dark brown, yellow, and dark brown around the side of the lid (part b).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
grass and cedar bark ?
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1588/2 a-b

A light yellow-brown cylindrical basket (part a) covering a yellow metal can with a basketry lid (part b). The can states the following around the rim of its lid in black: "FOR OVER SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS THIS TRADE MARK HAS BEEN KNOWN THROUGHOUT CANADA AS THE SAFEST GUIDE TO RELIABLE TOBACCOS", with a rectangular trade mark in the centre stating the following: "W.C.MACDONALD INC. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE TOBACCOS. MONTREAL. TRADE MARK REGISTERED". The basket (part a) has a horizontal row of green around the top, and horizontal rows of green, brown, and green around the bottom. The side of the basket (part a) is decorated with various birds and geometric swirl designs. The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) is relatively flat with dark green and light green animals, and red and orange flying birds surrounded by a circle line of brown and green. The side of the lid (part b) has a horizontal row of green going around it.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark, dye and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1588/9 a-b

A small cylindrical light yellow-brown basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There are four small blue-black birds equally spaced around the side of the basket (part a), with two horizontal rows of brown around the bottom. The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) is slightly rounded and has a purple centre at the top from which emanates a purple, green, and red swirl design with five equally spaced blue-black birds around it. There are two horizontal rows of brown around the side of the lid (part b).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2663/47

Simply made round basket of split bamboo woven over bamboo? slats (used to hold teacup).

Culture
Tibetan
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1140/2 a-b

A small light yellow-brown slightly flared upward cylindrical basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There are three sets of equally spaced blue-black parallelograms around the side, and three horizontal rows of brown, orange, and brown around the bottom of the basket (part a). The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) is flat and has a blue-black sunburst-like centre at the top outlined with a blue-black circle line with an alternating blue-black, and light yellow-brown circular row of parallelograms. Three horizontal rows of brown, orange, and brown go around the side of the lid (part b).

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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Basket537/12 a-b

A flared round light brown basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There are three horizontal rows of purple, pink-red, and purple above and below the main design of animals around the sides of the basket (part a). The main design of animals consist of a small pink-red bird, a large purple bird with wings outstretched, a small pink bird, a small purple bird, a green and pink fish, a small purple bird, and a long purple animal. There is a horizontal row of purple around the bottom of the basket (part a). The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The slightly rounded lid (part b) has a tall purple circular knob at the top centre around which there is pink-red, purple, and green swirl design outlined with purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark ?, dye and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin Ring636/25

A wide oval light yellow-brown basketry ring. The letters "B. L. B." in blue are on one side and a green and orange bird with wings outstretched above a green arrow is on the other side. The edge rims have a horizontal row of red on the outside and of blue on the inside.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass and cedar bark
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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