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Basketry CanoeNd574

Canoe shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with single coil seat inside the canoe; has small prow with single coil loop extending from below prow to base of basket. The top rim is braided with grass. Imbricated pattern in three rows of three stitch intervals, alternating between red and black cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Tea CupNd573

Coiled tea cup-shaped basket (bifurcated stitches) with coiled loop handle on the side. Beaded in cherry bark in three horizontal bands at top rim, middle and base.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, grass and cherry bark
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd572

Round coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with two-coil foot as base. Imbricated geometric zig-zag design outlined in dark cherry bark, with bear grass next and red cherry bark in the middle. Crosses appear at each peak; lower peaks have dark cherry bark crosses with bear grass center, and upper peaks have red cherry bark center. Foot is beaded with red and black cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
bear grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz698 a-b

Rectangular basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Slat base and lid construction. Tightly coiled slats for the body of the basket (part a). Red cherry bark and white grass diamond shaped imbrication decorates four sides of the basket. Red cherry bark beading decorates the foot of the basket. Lid (part b) has beaded red cherry bark on the edge and two diamond outlines in red cherry bark imbrication.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, grass and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.330

Flat-based, rounded jar with tapering neck and flared lip (a) covered in a woven grass sleeve; round woven lid (b) with knob handle in the centre attached to jar with brown thread. Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining with central checker work. Design of six concentric bands of linear patterning with various colour combinations: orange, green, purple, and red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cotton fibre, dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.329

Rectangular, tapered, basketry covered bottle with a tall, slender neck. The basketry is of very fine wrapped twined grass and cedar bark, with a plain twined base with central checker work. Design is six sets of concentric bands in purple, light yellow-brown and green. One wide band around top of neck is brown. Design has faded on neck and top of bottle. Stopper has crown-like metal top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar bark, dye, cork bark and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket LidNb11.328

Circular basket lid with a red knob handle in the centre. Round wrapped twined lid with hollow faded red knob which is attached only by one unravelled strand. Design is of two bands of faded purple, yellow and purple on outside edge and around knob area. Two faded purple whales between bands. Solid red band around knob.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin RingNb11.327

Napkin ring of wrapped twined grass. Two bands of purple around both ends and a purple geometric design around the middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1167

Oval shaped birch bark container with tapered, almost square base; sides flare outwards. Rim reinforced with a bent twig lashed with spruce root. Stitched together at narrower sides with spruce root. Dark inner bark on the outside of the container has been scraped away in places to form a design of lighter colour. Design consists of two horizontal bands, each band consists of five scraped rows; two outer rows with triangular motif extending outwards, three inner rows straight and narrow. Note: bottom band on one side has only two inner rows. Rim has seven to eight wraps of green coloured spruce root at endpoints and two to three wraps of red coloured spruce root divided by two wraps of natural spruce root at midpoints.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
dye, wood, spruce root and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1166

Oval shaped birch bark basket at rim tapering to a square base. Decorative design covers entire exterior surface, except bottom. Design consists of a series of three horizontal repeated motifs of alternating dark brown waves and lines with light brown scraped waves and lines. The sewn side seams form an inverted "y" shape. Seams secured by spruce root stitches. Red and yellow fibre is woven through top of lashed rim--only traces remain.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
wood, spruce root, birch bark, dye ? and fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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