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BasketryNb3.1321

Small, circular basket foundation woven in a spiral fashion. Loose ends of the cedar bark strips have been left roughly worked.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.259

Square-bottomed basket with rounded corners and flaring sides. Bottom checker work and warp in cedar; undyed areas of body, bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Dyed areas are grass. Bands of various colours with rectangular motif in middle. Interior shows original colours, including turquoise, yellow, brown and black.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass, swamp grass ?, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.258

Cylindrical vase-like glass bottle with a woven covering; checker work and twining on bottom; body is wrapped twined. Bottom, warp, weft of crossed warp checker area are cedar; outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs include three bands in various colours with duck and flower (?) motif. Colours include orange, red, brown, green and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass, swamp grass, aniline dye, cedar bark and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.257

Tall, cylindrical basket with small area of bottom in checker work and twining; body is wrapped twined. Checker work and warp are cedar, outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge. Six equally spaced bands of assorted colours; exterior dyes are faded; interior shows colours in red, brown, purple, yellow and green which have not faded.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye, swamp grass ? and bear grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerEf245 a-b

Cigarette box made in two pieces, a container (part a) and lid (part b). Material of inner coil is untwisted grass bound with shining grass fillet. The container is patterned with four sets of two triangular shapes on the outside.

Culture
Indian
Material
grass
Made in
Puri, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEf243 a-b

Basket (part a) of coiled variety, made in three pieces - base, body, and lid (part b). Base has been constructed first, and body which rounds out the sides and narrows at top is coiled above it. Material of inner coil is untwisted natural grass, added to at the free end. As coiling progresses, it is bound with a shining grass fillet to coil beneath with a stitch or wrap at very narrow intervals at centre, increasing to 1.5 cm. intervals. A triangular pattern made by over-weaving the shiny fillets on the finished basketry occurs on the base, sides, and lid.

Culture
Indian
Material
grass
Made in
Puri, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEf221 a-b

Basket with natural twill weave inside and outer basket (part a)made of purple, blue, yellow, and green fillets of cane woven in diagonal and vertical patterns. A twill weave is used and by a simple elaboration of the diagonal combination of the coloured warp and woof gives rise to a geometric design. These two baskets are placed together and are caught between strips of split bamboo. These pieces are lashed to the basket with fine fillets of purple cane. A second basket has been made in the same manner and fits as a lid (part b).

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
stem ?, bamboo grass and dye
Made in
Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEf214

This shallow basket is woven of grass in natural and dyed shades of red and blue. Design is over-woven with coloured fillets of grass in natural, red, and blue. Bottom is star shape radiating outward in four sectors of colour, two red, and two natural. Around this is row of natural colour grass, followed by inverted triangles filling in background. Sides decorated in diagonal bands of red alternating with rows of blue diamond shapes and red triangles separated with natural grass bands. Above this, one row of natural-coloured grasses and a final one of alternating red and natural grasses finish basket.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
synthetic dye and sikki grass
Made in
Mithila, Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StopperSf955

A thick, semi-rigid disc of braided and wrapped vegetable fibres.

Culture
Quechua
Material
grass
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CordageSf954

An unfinished length of braided cordage made of flattened sun-bleached grass. One end of the sample is folded and the other is a spray of loose ends. Grass is brittle.

Culture
Quechua
Material
grass
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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