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BasketA2286

Footed basket with a flat, rectangular base, flaring sides, and remnants of handles at either end. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a slat foot and overcast splint rim. Continuous imbricated design of two horizontal bands of diamond figures in cat-tail, red and black cherry bark. Corners are slightly different. Beading in red along foot, and imbrication in red. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2287 a-b

Large, footed, rectangular basket (a) with flaring sides, and a flat, fitted lid (b). Lid is decorated wtih multicoloured imbrication: three large waves-like designs in red/bullrush/black. Sides: two continuous horizontal bands of connected chevron figures executed in several rows of red, bullrush and black. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base and lid construction; overcast splint rim; indented slat flange; slat foot; imbrication and handles. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.152 a-b

Square, brown, woven, pouch-like basket (part a) with rounded edges and a square, hatch-like lid in (part b) its centre. Lid has a woven handle and is tied shut with ribbon laced through two loops, one on the lid and one on the basket. Decorative bands of grass are woven from each of the corners to the edge of the lid.

Culture
Panawahpskek
Material
ash wood ?, grass and fibre
Made in
Maine, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC236

Staff decorated with long shell rectangles that cover the entire handle. Red fabric covers knob bound with braided rattan at one end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood, fibre, shell and grass
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA124 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) with straight sides and a flat, fitted lid (b). Sides: wrapped twined weaving; base: twined weaving around cedar bark; base: large cedar strip. One band of meander design on side and top. Base and warp: cedar bark with grass sides; swamp grass and aniline-dyed swamp grass. Colours: purple, blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
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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ArmbandC238

Woven band with geometric designs predominantly in red, black, yellow on dark ground.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC240

Band with geometric designs in bands of predominantly brown, and yellow on red. One end is fringed.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC241

Geometric pattern created from weave, yellow and black. Woven from two strands of twisted fibre string on which grass is twisted; long string from corner of flattened band.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC242

Band with a strand coming from one edge. Weave forms an arrow pattern. It is woven from bands composed of grass on a core of two strands of twisted fibre string.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass and fibre
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandC243 a-e

Five brown arm bands. All are similar, but the weave patterns and size vary slightly on each.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
grass
Made in
Gizo, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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