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Lunch BasketD1.242 a-b

Rectangular basket with a flat, fitted lid hinged to the upper rim with leather thongs. Cedar root coiled over splints, parallel coiled base. Bound edge. Imbrication design of double arrow-heads and flower.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, canary grass, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.6

Birch bark basket with a rectangular base that tapers towards an oval-shaped top--basket is capped with a flat, inset lid. Birch bark is folded and stitched with strips of root (?), with a split twig rim overcast with a wide stitch at the top edge. Floral designs have been scratched onto the sides and lid, revealing a lighter shade of bark beneath. A strip of rawhide is strung from one side to the other to create a handle.

Culture
Maliseet
Material
birch bark, rawhide skin and root ?
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.450

Roughly rectangular basket with flaring sides and braided cording with a woven strap attached around the rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; line held on by rawhide; tump line woven with wool. Vertical striped design; each stripe is composed of stripes and checks in red/bullrush or black/bullrush. Design stops five rows before base. One filler of connected diamonds in red/bullrush. Tumpline has a blue zigzag line on green ground. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre, dye and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.451

Rectangular, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel to watch-spring base construction, and three rawhide loops (with a bit of string), two at either upper corner of one long side and one in the middle of the upper portion of the other long side. Decorated with partial beading. Vertical striped design of alternating widths (three stitches wide and then two stitches wide). The pattern alternates in colour as follows: one red/three cat-tail/one red/two black/one red. The pattern stops ten rows before the bottom. There is one beaded line near the base.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.382

Cylindrical flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with rawhide ties which formed a handle at one time. Watch-spring base construction. Four rows are beaded, top two near rim in red cotton, the next in red cherry bark at the middle of basket, and the last in dark cherry bark near the bottom. The bottom also has a row of beaded red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cotton fibre, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.384

Basket with round front and flat back constructed in simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a watch-spring base construction and a lid at the top. The basket is decorated with partial imbrication in two rows of staggered diamond shapes in red/off-white bulrush/red alternating with black/off-white bulrush/black. The lid has a continuation of the top row of diamond pattern and small triangles in black and red and is attached with rawhide hinges.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubD2.119

Rawhide wrapped around stone ball and wooden shaft with human hair tassel and blue and white beads.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, stone, wood, hair and glass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MittensD1.20 a-b

Pair of brown hide mittens with multicoloured floral beading on back of hand and thumb.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau” ?
Material
rawhide skin and glass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying BasketD1.290

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with double looped border and rawhide handles. Parallel slat base construction with reinforcement stitches at the ends. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with checkerboard diamonds in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), two on long sides, one on short sides. Black and red cherry bark vertical bands on all four corners, and two red cherry bark stitches at intervals near rim.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.420

Rounded fishing box with hinged lid; lid has an oval-shaped hole in the centre. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; watch-spring lid construction; lid has a large hole woven in; flange on lid; partial imbrication; string hinges. Vertical striped design in red/bullrush, black/bullrush curved and shortened to fit design field; back is undecorated; lid has rows of black/bullrush/black with outer rim in red. Rawhide ties and loops.

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