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BasketA6674 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b). Covered with images of a serpent-like zoomorphic figure: two around sides of basket and one spiraling around top of lid.

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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HornA6205

A hollow, bottle-shaped, brown wood whistle/horn that is square in cross section with a neck tapering to a flat, beak-like mouthpiece. Bound with cedar bark around near the wider end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pattern BasketNb11.362 a-b

Cylindrical, wrapped twined, pattern basket (a) with slightly scalloped rim. Woven around a plastic honey container (b). Walls decorated with many patterns: two swimming deer, whale attached to canoe containing two persons, whale eating boat, whale, three triangular trees, flower and leaves, two ducks, five sitting birds, ten flying birds, two wolf or serpent headdress representations, three thunderbirds, one bird with wings over yellow head, one dark blue and red-purple bird. Band of dark blue and green at top and bottom of basket. Base has square of cedar bark checker work weaving at centre surrounded by three rows of plain twining, wrapped twining completes base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
grass ?, plastic, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Opitsaht, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA7013 a-b

Small, clear glass jar covered with a woven sleeve (a) and cap (b). Cap and sleeve feature multicoloured bands of linear patterning. Colours: red, orange, purple, green and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.228

Open-neck glass bottle covered with a finely woven basketry sleeve. Faded figurative and linear designs around the sides.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2383

Small woven basket with a flat rectangular base, lightly flaring sides and rounded ends. Lower band of purple; middle ribbon of staggered purple and natural lines bordered by purple. Twisted twined work, wide cross-stitches on base; overcast rim; flange.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.219

Bow made of a segment of cylindrical hardwood that tapers towards the ends and a length of hide string tied at the ends. The wood is wrapped in bark fibre (?) at either end on the inside of the hide wrapping, and this fibre is coated in black tar resin.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, skin, bark fibre ? and tar resin
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7001 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat shoulder and a flat, fitted circular lid (b). Black and orange combined stripe around centre of basket. Orange and black circular motif in centre of lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.245 a-b

Oval-shaped woven basket (a) with straight vertical sides, a flat, horizontal shoulder, and an oval-shaped, flat, fitted lid (b). bands of multicoloured geometric patterning and stripes around sides of basket and on lid. Colours: red, blue-black, green, pink, and orange.

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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BasketA3138 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid has a central knob-like handle. Repeating figurative motifs around the sides of canoes and birds in blue-black; bands of green and purple around the bottom edge. Concentric linear patterning on lid in blue-black, green and purple.

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