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Basketry LidD1.520

Circular basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with one row of loop work and a flange. Decorated with partial imbrication. Design features radiating red and black lines, which extend from the centre, and alternating red and black stitches on rim.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.521

Basketry lid of simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches, and watch-spring construction. Lid has a flange and a button handle, and is decorated with partial imbrication. Rim is black, surface decorated with four tri-colour diamond shapes, and there are two rows of red at base of handle. There is also an alternating red and black stepped pattern on handle. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2421

Four sections of a repeating green and red root border on rim; green root has been laid over lighter sections. The birch bark body of the basket is bent and laced with root; rim is overcast; exterior of bark is to the outside.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.522

Circular, convex basket lid with an open circular hole in the centre. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction and a hole in top. Decorated with partial imbrication; three rows of staggered cross shapes in red/white and black/white. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.523

Circular basket lid with a raised, open centre. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with modified watch-spring construction and overcast top edge (around hole). Total imbrication which alternates red/black/white, so arranged as to give radiating bands of each coming out from centre. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
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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BasketA2.706

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; decorative bands of alternating black and grey are featured at four points along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3129

Basket with two plaited rows alternating with one row of crossed warp strands (openwork). Braided rim.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3130

Clam basket with a base formed by thick reinforced cedar strips and sides formed by cross-warp openwork plaited weaving. The rim is one coil overcast stitch with a splint foundation.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Root BasketA3136

Central band - "meander" pattern in purple bordered by red. Handle is natural and purple in a 1:1 ratio. Plain twined work; braided border; overcast handle; false embroidery.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3139 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a conical lid (b) and multicoloured figurative designs. Sides: four central figures in purple and red, two of which are lizard-like creatures with red eyes, elongated eyes and spots. Lid: canoes and birds with green and yellow central design. Multicoloured linear bands around bottom edge of both basket and lid. Wrapped, twined weaving.

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