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BasketA7616

Small rectangular flared coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches). Parallel coil base construction (with reinforced stitches at side edges). Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark pattern of vertical rows with half vertical band of checker pattern at side. Ends: same but with only 2 vertical bands and half checker pattern.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA7961 b

Head ring made from twisted cedar bark bound together at the ends with string.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7961 d

Neck ring composed of eagle wing and feathers bound to a cedar bark ring. A bow made from gold-coloured cloth with three beads is sewn onto the eagle's wing.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
glass, fibre, feather, eagle wing, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA7961 e

Neck ring composed of a cedar bark ring with a stone that has a central hole worn attached with cloth and an eagle's head bound to the ring as a pendant.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark, eagle head, fibre and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CordA7961 f

Length of cedar bark wrapped at intervals with copper wire covered in fibre as well as lengths of string and twine.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar bark, copper metal, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9003 a-b

Woven basket with two bands of geometric design overlaid in dyed swamp grass that are bordered with black root lines and contain triangle-like shapes composed of an orange and a black triangle on the outsides with diamond-like shapes composed of gold and black triangles in the centre on a cream-coloured background. At rim is a band of alternating red and black root. Lid is a fair amount larger than the diameter of the basket and has a raised centre with concentric bands of raised weaving.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye, swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7509

Roughly cylindrical, light brown woven basket (a) with lid (b). Base: four rows of plaiting. Sides and lid: plain twined work with cedar root beading and embroidery. Two upper and two lower rows of beading in cedar root. Discrete sections (nine rows) of cedar root wrapped around twining; each section is separated by five vertical rows. Lid has same design. Handles on the lid are braided with an odd number of strands so as to form two solid, rounded handles which cross over each other.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7514

A cylindrical basket of plain twined weaving with crossed warp open-work twined weaving. Main design consists of two three-row horizontal bands of black.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark, mud dye and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7515

Basket made with plain twined weaving. The warp is arranged radially on the bottom of the basket and parallel on the sides with the black strands woven in to form two thicker black bands at the top and bottom and a thinner band at the centre. The border is two-strand braided with a series of three loops of warp strands forming an almost scalloped edge.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd648

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; partial imbrication. The design from bottom to top: animal and lined figures in red on bullrush; two rows of opposing chevrons divided by three vertical stripes and one horizontal bullrush stripe in bullrush on plain background; row of animal figures; sets of three vertical stripes in red on bullrush around rim; base is beaded in bullrush. Eight rawhide ties. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
spruce root ?, rawhide skin, grass, bark and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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