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BasketNa1076

Heart-shaped fibre bundle basket; sides created by bundled sweet grass coiled around in a continuous spiral and held together with a lashing of dark brown thread. Sides flare outward from a birch bark base decorated with a floral design of yellow and purple circles and crosses in quill work, much of which is missing. Coiling interrupted by openwork pattern formed by bundled grass stitched into one zigzag.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, dye, cotton fibre, sweet grass and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxNa702 a-b

Rectangular box with arched end walls, and niche on one side for metal lock. Hinge wire at two places on opposite side. Birch bark, with chevron designs of porcupine quills in yellow-white, brown, and yellow-orange, wrapped around sides. Arched lid of birch bark fits over rim of box. Ends and side of lid are lashed to top with split root. Wire at two points on one side, in centre of other. Chevron designs in quills interwoven in alternating rhomboids and pairs of stripes. Quill design in top; wide longitudinal band of symmetrically arranged triangles and rectangles, dominated by central equilateral diamond enclosing four petalled curvilinear pinwheel. Band flanked by narrower bands of four half-circles each. Designs enhanced with interwoven or overlaid quills. Lid split across top, and across one end. Scoring of bark for design planning seen where quills are missing on box and lid.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
porcupine quill, birch bark, wood, spruce root ?, metal and dye
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd610

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; rim is overcast in bird quill. The design consists of sets of vertical zigzag lines with seven horizontal lines crossing them; horizontal zigzag around rim; three natural colours of quill on rim. Four rawhide loops covered in cedar root. Colours: red, tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cherry bark, rawhide skin, cedar root, cedar wood, bird quill and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd635

Coiled basket with fine stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; overcast rim; fully imbricated. The design from bottom to top consists of horizontally connected diamond shapes; animal figures staggered with hourglass shapes; connected diamonds; discrete triangles; sets of vertical stripes around rim; all in red on bullrush ground; bullrush beading rim. One rope tie and two rawhide ties. Bird quill on rim. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
bird quill, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, rawhide skin, fibre, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd632

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; rim is overcast; fully imbricated. The design consists of alternating vertical stripes of eight triangles and a zigzag; horizontal zigzag around rim; dark and light bird quill on rim. Five rawhide ties. Colours: red, tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
rawhide skin, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, bird quill, fibre, cedar wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd622

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; overcast rim; partial imbrication. The design from bottom to top: alternating vertical checkerboard stripes and diamond meshes (five checkerboard diamonds); double row of diamonds staggered (honeycomb); animal figures; vertical stripes along rim; dark and light quill on rim. Wire splint. Colours: red, tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, metal, cherry bark and bird quill
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd621

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; fully imbricated. The design consists of six staggered rows of triangles with vertexes up; one row of triangles with vertexes down; one row of triangles with vertexes up; all in red on bullrush ground; light coloured quill on rim; base is beaded in bullrush. Seven rawhide ties.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
rawhide skin, cat-tail grass ?, bird quill, cherry bark, fibre, cedar wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd619

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; rim is overcast; parallel splint base construction; fully imbricated. The design from the bottom to top: four staggered rows of rectangles (checkerboard); meander pattern; repeat of checkerboard; horizontal zigzag pattern around rim; all in red on bullrush ground; light and dark quill on rim; base is beaded in quill. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and bird quill
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd653

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; partially imbricated and beaded; rim is overcast in quill. The design from bottom to top consists of red crosses on beaded bullrush ground; three horizontal beaded bullrush stripes on plain ground; arrow shapes in two staggered rows in red on beaded bullrush ground. Sets of three red stripes on beaded quill ground around rim; rim is overcast with dark and light quill; base is beaded in bullrush. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cherry bark, bird quill, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd618

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction. The design consists of eleven rows of quill beading (each three rows apart). The colours alternate dark and light. Six rawhide ties.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cedar root, bird quill, fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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