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Box935/2 a-b

Circular birch bark box with fitted lid covered with stitched porcupine quill designs. Sides of box feature orange, brown and white geometric and zigzagging patterns, while the lid is covered with a geometric design with four tree-like figures.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, fibre, wood, dye and porcupine quill
Made in
Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket922/6 a-b

A small yellow-brown cylindrical basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There is a horizontal row of flowers in a blue band around the middle of the side of the basket (part a). The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) has a blue and red swirl design around the top from the centre.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass ?, root ? and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz818 a-b

Small, rectangular coiled cedar root basket (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Parallel slat base for the wall and lid construction. Decorated with beading and imbrication. Beading in red cherry bark on the lid (part b), in two columns, and along the top and the bottom edges of the basket (part a). Two vertical design panels on each of the long sides and one on each end of the basket (part a). These panels are imbricated in canary grass and red cherry bark with the canary grass forming the background and the bark creating large X-shaped designs. The panels are also outlined in red cherry bark also.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, wood and canary grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb1223/13

Small comb. Hollow bamboo piece with thin evenely spaced wooden comb teeth attached to tube by interwoven fibre.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.87 a-b

Sphere-shaped basket with circular base and mouth with lid. Base has warps radiating from central point. Light yellow decoration on walls consist of two rows of geometric design forming framework that contains 4 flowers, one diamond shape and the letters "Ketchikan, Alaska". Rim folded over to outside and secured by row of twining. Lid is concave with knob and is decorated with two rows of alternating stitches in light yellow and brown, between two rows of light yellow geometric design. Knob is decorated with one row of light yellow stitching.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and rye grass ?
Made in
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.336

Diagonal plaited basket with a square base and a circular mouth. The walls are decorated with a 11.5 cm wide band of overlay black diagonal stripes. Rim is reinforced with a bundle and secured by wrapping, giving a braided appearance. A machine woven handle, now broken, of dark brown silk is attached to the outside of the basket with unidentified type of black thread.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye, silk fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.334

Light brown, cylindrical woven basket with a round base. Basket has two red-brown horizontal bands with a yellow design in false embroidery. Walls flare out slightly. Each red-brown band is approximately 1.5 cm. wide and has thirteen yellow diagonal diamond-shaped designs.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
plant and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.312

Cedar bark cylindrical basket with a square base. Design consists of six horizontal single strand brown-black bands. Basket walls flare slightly from base. The rim with a braided edge is reinforced with bundle and wrapped with cedar bark.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.311

Cylindrical basket with a square base and a round mouth. Single strips of darker material run diagonally from each corner, intersecting twice on each side. Variation in weave creates a row of wider stitches at the base, 4 cm. and 6 cm. from the base. Rim edge is cut and folded.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb663

Rectangular, square-based basket with somewhat flaring walls to a circular rim. Sides decorated with four horizontal rows of black wefts. The rim with a braided edge is reinforced with a bundle and wrapped with cedar bark.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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