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BasketA9004 a-b

Part (a) Large urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated design of vertical rows of conntected diamonds with cat-tail grass (?) centers, red cherry bark middle row and dark cherry bark as outer row. Lid has a knob handle and is flanged. Imbricated design are single diamonds with crossed bottoms.

Culture
Interior 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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BasketA9002

Spruce root basket; plain twined work with false and true embroidered design. Warp strands alternate red/natural (1:1). Horizontal bands of shapes in red on black or natural on black (six rows). The slant of the rectangular figures alternates with every row.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9001

Square coiled basket (bifurcated stitches); watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of double vertical panels on each side, in red cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) chevron patterns and triangles, and dark cherry bark background with cat-tail grass (?) in same pattern configuration. Same on all sides, except two sides have two stitches of dark cherry bark at tip of one chevron in the red cherry bark background.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar wood, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8866

Cylindrical flared coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Watch-spring base construction, slat body construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with diagonal stepped design of alternating rows of black and red triangles with a diagonal line of cat-tail grass (?) unning the full length of each band. Foot is beaded in cherry bark. Small fibre loop attatched to one side, broken from other side. Looped border atop rim at one time.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8806

Plaited woven mat with border of checkered brown and black coloured cedar bark. Edges are over turned and secured with twinning stitches.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8865

Round cedar root basket. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), watch-spring base construction, and partial imbrication. Diagonal design features shapes in red cherry bark, each separated by an undecorated horizontal row.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish ?
Material
cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trinket BasketA8864

Tan circular, coiled cedar root, open basket. Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches and parallel slat base construction. A few reinforcement stitches, and an overcast rim. Design features a series of vertical zigzag (single stitch) bands in black/white/red/white/black/white.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cherry bark, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8862

Rectangular coiled work carrying basket with handles. Isolated diamond figures in black and red cherry bark and bullrush (two large and one small figure on sides); one large figure on ends. Top row is beaded in black cherry bark. Simple interlocking coiled work (with bifurcated stitches along sides); parallel slat base construction (with reinforced stitches at side edges); overcast rim with looped section where handles attach; flexible coiled handles; beading and imbrication.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8861

Circular coiled basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches, and watch-spring base and lid construction. The sides of the basket (part a) alternate black and red with x-shapes. Lid (part b) has two concentric series of four alternately red and black forms in x-shapes. Lid (part b) with flange indented on the lid and outer coiled row of the lid is given a series of twists to produce a looped edge of sorts.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cherry bark, dye 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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BasketA17197 a-b

Circular basket with flaring sides (a) and wooden mold (b); mould is sold brown wood with a knob-like handle in the centre. Ten multicoloured figurative images woven into swamp grass. Crossed cedar bark in centre of bottom.

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