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BasketA2347

Undecorated basket with an overcast rim while the interior portion of the bark is to the outside.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
birch bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2349

Tan basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base construction, and zigzag loop work border on the upper rim. Overcast handle, which is fully beaded. Two horizontal rows of chevron designs alternating in red cherry bark/canary grass/black chery bark/canary grass. The two rows are staggered.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
canary grass, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.491

Large rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with three rows of zigzags, in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark, connecting to give a lattice of diamond shapes. The foot has three rows of beaded red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
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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MatA2261

Rectangular mat with woven pattern. There are six bands through the weft strands. Each band has two strips of dark bark on a downward diagonal and a centre strip of dark natural bark on an upwards diagonal. Together the strips form a zigzag design. The border around the edges of the mat is formed by a double line of dark strips through the warp, crossing at the corners. The edges are finished by overcasting on a core of cedar bark. The mat is sewn together in the middle on the weft axis.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2263 a-b

Coiled (with bifurcated stitches) cedar root basket with lid. Watch-spring base and lid construction, an overcast rim, and a flange on the lid. Decorated with imbricated designs, a series of small birds (stylized) in red/black and black/white.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketA2264

Rectangular coiled cedar root berry basket with gently flaring sides and an attached lid. Sides decorated with four large vertical panels (one per side) of large red cherry bark and cat-tail grass bounded by tri-colour stripes; beading top and bottom. Lid has triple row of beading along circumference with isolated red cherry bark and dyed cat-tail stitches on top. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches along sides). Parallel slat base and lid construction (reinforced by plain stitches on end edges); base has flange. String handle.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, fibre, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA1806

Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding red nostrils with two large circular openings in the front. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black, rectangular shaped frill that projects outwards then curves downwards to the top of the beak. On the top edge of the head is a smaller, rounded, black frill that tapers into the top of the head. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; beak is hinged with a thin piece of metal wire. The eyes are small and outlined in black and red, surrounded by a large white, sunken, ovoid-like shape; the brow is black with red vertical stripes. Back of mask is slightly cylindrical in shape; around the top, side and bottom edges are twisted pieces of cedar. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak; bundles of small branches with cedar strips and a piece of eagle down. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
red cedar wood, cedar bark, paint, fibre, metal and eagle down feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1812 a-b

Small, cylindrical woven basket (a) with a fitted lid (b); lit has a raised knob in the centre. Plain twined weaving with skipped stitch weave at top. Three bands of purple alternating with natural vertical stripes placed out of phase with each other, resulting from plain twined weaving (two-strand) using one purple and one natural weft element.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye and bear grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1813

Oblong basket in plain twined work with embroidered design; braided handle and rim. Zig-zaged pattern with "v's" in alternating colours of purple and orange on strips of brown. Handle has a strand of orange grass running through it.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye, grass and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA1821

Basket with interlocking coiled work, bifurcated stitches, and parallel slat base and lid construction. Flange at rim to fit lid. The lid is convex, and hinged to the basket with buckskin. Buckskin ties at front. Decorated with imbrication and beading. Partial imbrication in a continuous design. Two horizontal wide bands of a 'flying goose' design (zig-zag with flat bottoms and tops), alternating in white cat-tail grass (?) and red and black-dyed cherry bark. Upper and lower band are connected. The upper row is continued on the sides of the lid, and the sequence of red and black are reversed from lower band. Lid has a series of parallel beaded short bands in black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) , alternating with bands of with red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?). Handles on each side, one with string tied to it, the other with red thread.

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