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Work BasketNd604

Work basket formed by coiled weaving with a slat bottom and a two-row coil foot at base. The foot is imbricated with red and black cherry bark and off-white grass. Geometrical cross and diamond designs are imbricated on the sides of the basket. One three-coil carrying handle at one of the narrower ends.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cherry bark, bear grass, cedar root and dye
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketNd581

Coiled burden basket in a traditional trapezoidal shape. Beaded cherry bark in bands decorate the basket. One side of the basket has two hide loops to which a denim fabric tumpline style carrying strap has been attached.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, rawhide skin, cotton fibre and cherry bark
Made in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd554 a-b

Part (a) Small coiled cedar root cup (bifurcated stitches) and saucer, part (b). Cup imbricated and beaded with three alternating rows of checkerboard, upside down triangle motif in dark cherry bark. Top row of beading near rim. Handle on cup at one time. Saucer has row of beading at rim in dark cherry bark and three alternating rows of crosses also in dark cherry bark.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau” ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa696

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom--bark is bent and laced together with birch root (?). Hoop-branch to strengthen rim is lashed down with thin strips of root (?). Two skin ties are looped through the top of the basket on one side.

Culture
Dene
Material
birch bark, birch root ? and skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa695

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; two decorative bands of black mark the ends.

Culture
Dene
Material
birch root ?, dye and birch bark
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.319 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Wrapped twined rim and flange of cedar bark with warp strand loops. Sides are wrapped twined grass and base is grass and cedar bark plain twining with checker work centre. Geometric design on one side of basket in purple and orange. Two bands of green around bottom. Lid is wrapped twined with green circle in centre surrounded by a blue geometric motif. Two green bands around rim of lid.

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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BasketNb11.318 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); cedar flange attached around the upper rim of basket holds lid in place. Designs around sides of basket: four birds in blue-purple and compound band of blue-purple and yellow around the bottom edge. Lid of basket features concentric rings of blue-purple linear designs.

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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BasketNb11.317

Oval basket (a) with twined grass rim and cedar bark flange of looped cedar warp strands. Sides are wrapped twined grass; cedar bark and grass base of plain twined weave with checker work centre. Design consists of two light red bands at base of basket; a dark blue, followed by an orange, dark blue and orange bands. The bottom of the basket has one row of purple twining. Lid (b) is wrapped twined with purple and yellow geometric design around red and yellow oval design. Bands around rim of lid are a row each of orange, dark blue, orange and dark blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, cedar bark and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.316 a-b

Short, cylindrical woven basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Lid has a central black and yellow circular design with a concentric multicoloured band of linear patterning.; multicoloured band around the sides of the lid. Multicoloured bands of linear patterning around the sides of the basket. Colours: black, yellow, red, green and orange.

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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Baby CarrierNbz800 a-b

Coiled cedar root basketry cradle (part a) with slat foundation and sides. Cradle is rounded at the higher, wider proximal end and is tapered and narrow at the distal end. Fully beaded overcast rim. Remainder of the cradle is plain on the inside and decorated with beading and imbrication on the outside. Rim pattern has mainly canary grass with several repeats of alternating cherry bark and grass. There are seven side coiled rows. First two rows repeat a pattern of closely spaced grass chevrons alternating with wider spaced red or dark brown cherry bark chevrons. Rows three and four repeat above pattern in alternating areas. Rows five and six feature three vertical red cherry bark lines alternating with a darker diamond or x-shaped pattern. Row seven is undecorated. No foot. Plain coiled bottom. Tumpline or carrying strap (part b) with wool wefts and multiple element warps is weft-faced plain weave in a light white-brown and red zigzag pattern. On each end of the strap, there is a machine-stitched, hide backed strip of plaid material which has a shell button on the strap end and a button hole at the other. Each end is buttoned over a strip of hide which is tied on each side of the cradle just below the rim with small strips of hide. There is a small piece of cordage tied to one side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, canary grass, skin, shell, fibre, wool fibre, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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