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Basket3207/7

Burden basket. Rectangular basket with three separated rows of animal designs covering all four sides. The figures are reddish-brown bark, with yellowish grass as background. The upper outside edge is reinforced with a rectangular loop of thick metal (telegraph) wire, held on with hide and fibre loops. The inside base is reinforced with a rectangular loop of root, bent at three corners.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
spruce root, water birch bark, reed grass, metal, rawhide skin and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tobacco Pouch3194/14

Miniature tobacco pouch. Bag is made of hide, rectangular in shape, with a long fringe at bottom. Front panel is covered with unrolled quills cut into small rectangles and dyed red, yellow or white. These are arranged into two opposing red triangles edged with yellow. White triangles emerge from the sides. At top are two fine handles made of white and green glass beads looped onto thread. The back of the pouch is undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
porcupine quill, rawhide skin, dye and glass
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3148/7

Wire and fur “ice worm” toy. A long piece of animal skin with the fur on it has been sewn around a long length of wire, which emerges from both ends. The fur is thick with long hair, in shades of brown with off-white. An oblong head has been created out of hide and protrudes from one end of the tail, with leather antennae, eyes, nose and beard, and a red felt tongue.

Culture
Inuit
Material
animal skin, rawhide skin, leather skin, metal and wool fibre
Made in
Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3147/4

Cedar bark basket. Base is a long, thin rectangle with rounded corners, sides flaring slightly outward toward the rim. Among the wrapped cedar of the body are alternating rows of black and red cherry wood woven into the wrappings, and three rows of imbrication in the same bark set in small groupings. Two hide strap handles are attached below the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar bark, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
Seabird Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3147/3

Woven bark basket. Base is a rectangle with rounded corners, sides flaring up and outward toward the rim. Among the wrapped strips of cedar in rows along the body are two rows of imbricated diamond shaped designs at top and a single line of gammadion crosses around the bottom. Several thongs of hide are attached as loops through the basket near the lip, through which is strung a braided wool cord with a wide handle. Handle is woven with pink and brown fibres in a diagonal pattern.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar bark, cherry bark, wool fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
Seabird Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA126 a-b

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and attached convex lid (part b), with metal knob and fibre at top. Parallel slat base construction. Imbricated design of parallel vertical bands of alternating dark cherry bark and grass, three sections on long side and one on short. Rawhide closure at front and two hinges at back. Top of lid is beaded with red cherry bark and grass. Rim of lid is beaded in grass in checkerboard pattern, with side including red cherry bark. Cedar root slat foundation with coiled elements of cedar root; imbrication in red and black cherry bark and bullrush; rawhide hinges and loop; lead button; string handle on top.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, lead metal, rawhide skin, cedar root, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3131/17

Imbricated basket. Tall basket is shaped like an inverted cone, with a small rounded bottom flaring up toward the braided rim. The exterior of the basket is heavily covered in imbricated decoration in a dense linear zigzag design in dark brown and red-brown, on a dyed yellow background. Interior is undecorated. A double thong of thin hide serves as a handle and is tied to the rim in two places.

Culture
Klickitat ?
Material
cedar root, corn husk fibre, dye, rawhide skin and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3131/16

Corn husk pouch or bag. Bag is rectangular, with one end folding overtop a pouch and securing with two leather ties. The interior of pouch and flap are woven cotton, while woven corn husk fibre creates the exterior layer. Dyed fibres are worked in, loose ends showing on the underside. Decorations are of triangular shapes and crossed lines, in purple, red, orange and yellow. The flap is edged with leather, and two hide straps are sewn to the backside.

Culture
Nez Perce
Material
corn husk fibre, cotton fibre, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar3131/13

Large hide collar. Collar is rectangular in shape, with a large rounded cutout for the wearer's neck. The edge of the collar is beaded with images of flowers and foliage in a multitude of colours, with a line of black beading separating this from a thick leather fringe that is machine sewn to the exterior edges.

Culture
Cree ?
Material
rawhide skin, glass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3116/6

Small woven basket. Basket is oblong and rounded, with a checkered pattern of cherry bark imbrication encircling the exterior in four rows. A thin strip of hide is attached to either side to create a handle.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Samahquam
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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