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AnkletK4.86

Skin band with one side covered in beads. Beads are in sections of blue, white, green and red. There is a loop at one end of the band.

Culture
Maasai
Material
fibre, metal, grass, glass and skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AnkletK4.85

Skin band with beading on one side. Beading is in sections of yellow, white, green, blue, and red-brown. To secure the band, there is a loop closure at one end of the band and a thin piece of skin that fits into the hole of the loop on the other end of the band.

Culture
Maasai
Material
fibre, grass, glass, metal and skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9008

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid attached. Watch-spring base and lid construction; overcast handle on lid. Partial beading and imbrication. Stepped design on sides alternating black bullrush and red/bullrush; lid - alternating rows of beading and black and bullrush crosses. Rawhide thongs for hinges and ties; plastic button for fastener.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
rawhide skin, plastic, cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9006

Small cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with remains of single loop border and foot with loop border. Watch-spring base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass, with vertical bands in red cherry bark with dark cherry bark center lines, and vice versa. Red stitches at rim.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9005 a-b

Part (a) Round cedar root coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Lid has a double strand loop work rim and button handle. Imbricated swirled design outlined in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and cherry bark in middle, then alternating with the reverse colour configuration, starting on lid and continuing as diagonal lines on basket. Lower row of foot is imbricated with alternating double stitches of red and black.

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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BasketA9004 a-b

Part (a) Large urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of vertical rows of conntected diamonds with cat-tail grass (?) centers, red cherry bark middle row and dark cherry bark as outer row. Lid has a knob handle and is flanged. Imbricated design are single diamonds with crossed bottoms.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9002

Spruce root basket; plain twined work with false and true embroidered design. Warp strands alternate red/natural (1:1). Horizontal bands of shapes in red on black or natural on black (six rows). The slant of the rectangular figures alternates with every row.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9001

Square coiled basket (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of double vertical panels on each side, in red cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) chevron patterns and triangles, and dark cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) in same pattern configuration. Same on all sides, except two sides have two stitches of dark cherry bark at tip of one chevron in the red cherry bark background.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar wood, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8866

Cylindrical flared coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Watch-spring base construction, slat body construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with diagonal stepped design of alternating rows of black and red triangles with a diagonal line of cat-tail grass (?) unning the full length of each band. Foot is beaded in cherry bark. Small fibre loop attatched to one side, broken from other side. Looped border atop rim at one time.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trinket BasketA8864

Tan circular, coiled cedar root, open basket. Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches and parallel slat base construction. A few reinforcement stitches, and an overcast rim. Design features a series of vertical zigzag (single stitch) bands in black/white/red/white/black/white.

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