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Dance ScreenA7232

Woven brown dance screen with painted design. The dance screen has an open weave and is made of several pieces sewn together with vertical seams. The top edge has been folded over and sewn, to be mounted on a wooden pole. The central design is a totem pole in black, red and green. The pole has two raven motifs; the raven in red holds his head up, the raven in green is looking down. There is a twisted fibre fringe on the lower edge.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stinging nettle fibre ?, paint and bird feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Root-Digging BagA9366

Cylindrical basketry bag with leather sewn to rim. The rim also has leather ties attached on one side and a cotton string looped through the top of the basket on the opposite side. Cotton string is used for the wefts at the base, but a natural fibre is used for the main body of the basket and for the warps. Some of the warps are dyed a dark brown, but most of them are a yellowish brown colour. The body of the basket is completely decorated with designs, in dark brown, which are arranged in vertical columns. Some of them represent butterflies, quadraped animals (dogs ?), fish, and diamonds.

Culture
Wasco
Material
nettle fibre, cotton fibre, leather skin and dye
Made in
Washington, USA ? or Oregon, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TumplineA1457

Loom woven tumpline; red, brown arrowhead design, brown ends.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
nettle fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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