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Basket3116/5 a-c

Double basket with lids on both sides (parts b-c). Woven basket is made of two nearly identical round bodies on pedestals. Necks narrow toward the rim, the round flat mouths hold lids. The two halves are attached by weaving, at the bodies' widest part. Basket and lids are decorated with repeating patterns of small crosses made from alternating black and red imbricated bark with a yellow grass centre.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
Lytton, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3116/4

Woven basket. Basket is rectangular in shape, narrow at base and flaring outward toward top. Rim is a large openwork scallop pattern of wrapped cedar roots. Two decorative lines of a repeating cross pattern run horizontally around the basket, made of imbricated red and dark brown bark and grass.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Samahquam
Material
grass, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3116/3

Rectangular basket with lid. Basket is short and long, woven with lines of red and black bark imbrication. The lid is attached on one long side by hide thongs, with two long thongs on the front for securing shut. Synthetic light blue fabric lines the interior of basket and lid, with a small piece of embroidered white cotton fabric reading "RWS" attached to the middle of the inside of the lid.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Samahquam
Material
wood, grass, cedar root, synthetic fibre, cherry bark, rawhide skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3116/2

Woven basket with attached lid. Basket is rectangular, woven to create a small checked pattern, and decorated with an encircling large chevron pattern of imbricated red and black bark. A flat lid with inset lip is attached to the basket by two hide thongs, with a further two thongs attached at the front to tie the basket closed. Two long hide thongs are also attached at each side to create handles.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Samahquam
Material
grass, wood, cedar root, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3116/1

Very large basket with lid. Basket is rectangular, woven with cedar root and decorated with red and black cherry bark imbrication in a double line of large chevrons interspersed with diamond shapes. The lid is attached to the basket by three leather straps at back, with ties for closing at front. A leather handling strap is attached at each end. Three long strips of woven cedar serve as feet for the basket, attached to the base along each of the short sides and in the middle. A rounded lid fits over an inset lip, and is decorated with the same motifs as the body of the basket. Old, well-executed repairs are visible.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Samahquam
Material
wood, grass, cedar root, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3111/24

Textile doll wearing a yellow dress with horizontal red bands and one band of geometric spiral waves. Upper body has a beige band with brown geometric spirals (waves and step patterns). Hands of three fingers are up and made of a reed grass. Covered with light red dyed camelid threads. Rhomboid eyes with red and white circles in interior, light yellow face, two front red tassels as braids with two yellow knots each. Headdress with vertical bands in light blue, brown, white and black, cream coloured cotton and camelid threads. Interior textile at back of head has bird and geometric decorations, lower body interior has brown cloth with zigzag motif. Upper body has textile made of white wool and gauze.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, reed grass, dye and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3103/29

Large painted tapa cloth. Design is painted in a grid of 6 rows long by 3.5 rows wide. Almost entire cloth is stamped with dense designs in a reddish brown pigment. Darker designs are painted over that. Lower layer shows light brown wavy and diagonal lines, boxed circles, flowers, etc. Of the more dominant grid patterns, the top band is split in two with a small square of hearts one side and a square formed from triangles on the other; the next band shows designs made from diamonds and flattened triangles; the next shows an oval, formed by two crescent shapes, in between two single crescents with a four pointed star and a diamond on either side. The three bands then repeat again. The rough, frayed edges of the textile are unpainted.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
pigment, paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3103/15

Small squat woven basket. Wide mouth curves out slightly before tapering to flat circular base. Base is decorated with a large imbricated star. Body decorated with three pairs of imbricated diamonds and half diamonds.

Culture
Pomo
Material
willow wood ?, dye and grass ?
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3103/13

Small basket with design. Basket is a squat round shape with a flat base, round body and plain, smaller rim. Imbricated design of repeated dark brown and red-brown patterned figures.

Culture
Maidu
Material
bark ?, root and dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3103/12

Round woven basket with high walls, wide mouth, and small round base. Decoration consists of a row of small and large comb-like patterns under the rim, then two bands of varying shades of brown with a band of triangles in the middle. Base has a circle of darker brown. Dark brown ring around the rim.

Culture
Klamath
Material
tule grass ? or dye ?
Made in
California, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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