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BasketA4069

Plain twined weaving with three-strand braided edge and false embroidery. Ten panels of false embroidered swamp grass with one row of swamp grass around entire circumference bisecting the cup.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4072 a-b

Miniature, cylindrical woven basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); cedar bark warps and swamp grass wefts. Base has plaited origin and twisted twined work (over several warp strands). Upper and lower rim of basket have one row of red wefts. Center of lid has a red sunburst design.

Culture
Makah
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA4384

Centre of basketry base. Plaited origin. Plain twined weaving. Undecorated. Central brown square is five by five strips with various lengthed extensions radiating from all directions. Light yellow-brown material is woven around the middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished BasketA4385

Unfinished basket. Plain twining; sides are in wrapped twined work. Bottom has bands of maroon, yellow, and maroon. The beginning of a design in green, grey-turquoise, purple, maroon, and black, possibly that of a canoe-like boat with people inside, and a whale?

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished BasketA4387

Rounded, half-finished basket with imagery woven around the sides: two birds, a whale and two canoes. Plaited origin, and wrapped twined work. Bottom band of purple/yellow/purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished MatA4388

Unfinished, small round mat; wrapped twined weaving. Central dot of pink outlined with green. Two eagles in brown, black, and grey at either side on curving orange arrows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished MatA4389

Unfinished, small round mat; wrapped twined weaving. Small central dot of red surrounded by a faded purple bordered with brown. Outer band of shapes in purple and green connected with red squares.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished MatA4390

Unfinished, small round mat; wrapped twined weaving. Purple dot in the centre outlined by yellow and red. Two large purple whales with yellow eyes and a yellow dot on side are at either side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated BambooC146

A brown cylindrical piece that has both ends closed. The dark on light design consists of horizontal bands with crescents, triangles, and rings.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated BambooC147

A long cylindrical bamboo grass piece carved with simple geometric designs consisting of horizontal bands with dark vertical lines and dark zig zags on a light background colour of natural bamboo.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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