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BasketNa708 a-b

Circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat-topped lid. Sweet grass edging on top and bottom edges of body and outer edges of lid are hand stitched with black thread. Basket's sides are encircled by a crisscrossing pattern of white quillwork. Lid features a large red quillwork maple leaf.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3789

Large, carved, wooden, raven hamatsa mask with a long beak and an ovoid shaped ridge for a nose. The beak is hinged with pieces of rubber nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and circular cutout nostrils. At the back of the mouth are two s-shapes. Around the nose is a red ovoid and U-forms. The eyes are white, outlined in black on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak along with a fibre head ring. The top, side and bottom edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. The underside of the mouth is painted black with a small white design. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, paint, fibre, rubber and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd595

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring coiled bottom. Three bands of i-shaped motifs are imbricated around outside of basket body, alternating black with red centre and red with black centre.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd594

Part (a) Urn shaped coiled cedar basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b) with handles. Watch-spring base construction. Lid has single loop rim on outer edge and double raised handle at center. Four imbricated vertical bands with mirror image triangles and center line. Bands alternate between yellow cherry bark outline with dark cherry bark centers, and dark cherry bark outlines and cat-tail grass (?) centers. Tip of motif is continued on lid.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz710 a-b

Cylindrical, coiled basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Slat bottom for the sides and the lid. Imbricated and beaded designs in wild cherry bark. Basket body (part a) has four sets of imbricated step designs and lower edge of the lid (part b) also has a step design around the circumference. Top and lower edge of the lid (part b) have a beaded stripe pattern and upper edge of the basket (part a) has a single beaded band. Raised bottleneck mouth. Some pencil scribblings.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd656

Coiled burden basket with bifurcated stitches on a bundle foundation. Basket is narrow at base, gradually widening to top opening. Alternating imbricated pattern of grass ? and cherry bark. Interior is stained. One side has a notch cut away from the top edge (central). There are three pieces of cotton cord tied through the basket at one end, and on either side near the same end.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cotton fibre, grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Lytton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa707 a-b

Circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat-topped lid. Sweet grass edging on top and bottom of body and outer edge of lid is stitched with black thread. Basket's sides are encircled with an overlapping pattern of white quillwork. Lid features a purple and white bird sitting on a branch in quillwork--red, green, white and purple quills are used.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, fibre, sweet grass, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa706

Birch bark container body made from a single piece of bark cut and sewn to shape; flat, square bottom, tapering to a circular mouth at top. Round lid with small raised handle. Strip of animal hide, with rectangular cut-outs is attached to body as handle. Wooden hoop stitched to top of mouth. Stitched with split root or basswood fibre.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, skin, root ? and fibre ?
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark PatternNa715

Square of thin, papery birch bark with a design bitten into a circular flower motif of eight flowers all pointing towards the centre.

Culture
Cree ? or Anishinaabe ?
Material
birch bark
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz712

Small, rectangular carrying basket with rounded edges and two leather strip handles. Coiled with bifurcated stitches and slat bottom and sides. Cedar root with beaded designs in red and black wild cherry bark. Geometric design in alternating rows of red and black in four horizontal rows: the long sides have red in the middle with black at either side and the short ends have red.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, leather skin, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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