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Basket1768/117

Woven, coiled, rectangular basket. Sides taper down to a smaller base. Imbricated, horizontal designs on front, back and sides.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pattern BasketNb11.377

An open twined pattern basket with an overstitched rim. The body of the basket is covered in patterns of birds, ducks, whales, boats with figures in them, and a small animal (squirrel ?) in purple, red, green and pink. Bottom of basket has square of plain plaiting with two row twilling; top edge is twined.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Vase1719/5

Round vase with a star-shaped base formed froma single coil. Exterior is decorated with vertical stripes in light brown alternating with brown and dark brown.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass, dye and cedar wood
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz852

Oval shaped openwork coiled cedar root basket. Parallel wood slat base construction. Walls of basket are made with two slats followed by an openwork area then two more slats, with two openwork areas overall. The rim is decorated with entwined loopwork. The slats are decorated with rows of beading in canary grass, red and black dyed cherry bark.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cherry bark, dye, canary grass and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldB465

Roughly rectangular wooden shield with points at both ends and a raised ridge down the centre. Bands of bamboo (?) laid horizontally across the shield at the top and bottom, held in place with zigzagging stitched of dark brown rattan (?); bands continue on reverse. Edges of shield are painted black; centre is painted red-brown. wooden handle on reverse.

Culture
Kayan
Material
wood, paint, bamboo grass ? and rattan ?
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1758/1 a-b

Small lidded woven basket. Basket has a whalers design including two whales and whalers in a boat. Purple band encircles bottom of basket and interrupted lines of purple and green encircle top. The lid is peaked and encircled with bands of a brown, purple and green leaf-like pattern. Dark pink from top to bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
sweet grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1758/2 a-b

Small woven basket with lid. Basket has design of three whales encircling it and green band below design. Lid is peaked with bands of black and green encircling it.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
sweet grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1719/2

Ovular basket with tall walls and a handle on each long side; rim is braided. Exterior is decorated with intertwined brown and dark brown step patterns; an animal is inside each peak and valley formed by the steps.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye, grass and cedar wood
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1768/114

Twined, woven basket with round base, flaring up to a scalloped rim. Single yellow band around rim. Body has six rows, alternating between a four or three stitch and a space. Stitching is only halfway through on the outside, called a "false embroidery".

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
spruce root, grass and dye
Made in
Metlakatla, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1768/113 a-b

Nuu-chah-nulth basket with lid, fine weave. Lid has small brown knob on top. Both body and lid have two bird figures and two other designs on them (basket: birds ?; lid: plants ?). Orange and brownish-purple bands encircle the basket and lid above and below the designs. Thin bands of red and dark purple on bottom edge. Bottom has square weave design in centre, which may be made of root material.

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