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ContainerIe347

A container made from a dark brown gourd shaped like a sphere, from which the top one-third has been cut away. A hole is bored near the rim for insertion of a cord of braided root(?) 21.5 cm. long. The main design consists of an incised band around the rim consisting of a single line with a herringbone pattern.

Culture
Kewa
Material
root ? and gourd fruit
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz684

Coiled, rectangular basket with slat foundation and split stitching. Sides are completely imbricated in light yellow-brown and black deep "v" design. Lid is attached to basket with two long hide thongs. Coiled rectangular lid fits over coiled rim. The lid is imbricated on the edge and beaded on top, in rows of red and light yellow-brown.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, grass, skin and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd683

Round coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with loop work around rim. Watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated with light yellow-brown grass. Animal designs, three black and four4 red.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cherry bark, grass, cedar root and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNd682

Cradle constructed out of rounded rectangular coiled cedar root basketry. The cradle is formed by an elongated shape with a rounded top end and an angled foot with squared corners. The sides have a bundle foundation with split stitches and are completely imbricated with light yellow-brown grass and red and black cherry bark in a geometric design forming 11 wide v's joined by wide multicoloured bands. The bottom has a slat foundation.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cherry bark, grass, cedar root and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd681 a-b

Rectangular basket (a) with a flat lid (b) and two hide thong handles. Coiled construction with bundle foundation and split stitches. Sides are completely imbricated with light yellow-brown grass with a deep v design in red and black cherry bark. Coiled rectangular lid fits inside basket and has a slat foundation and split stitches. Horizontal rows of light yellow-brown beading on top of lid. Rim of lid has light yellow-brown and light red-brown beading. Bottom has slat foundation.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, grass, skin and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd680 a-b

Part (a) Rectangular coiled basket, with bifurcated stitches at sides and coiled slat construction on bottom. Fully imbricated, gometric design of alternating rows of dark or red cherry bark 'x', on background of light yellow-brown grass. Bottom of basket has cherry bark beading around edge. Blue thread is fastened to one side. Part (b) Lid of slat foundation and fits inside basket. Cherry bark beading on lid, with black beading on rim.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cotton fibre, grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Baby CarrierNd694

Small basketry baby carrier, or cradle, with coiled construction and slat foundation. Rim is imbricated in black cherry bark and brown grass. Sides are beaded in light yellow-brown grass in two rows of coils around front half of cradle and red cherry bark along sides and front. Cloth loops are fastened inside with thread on both sides.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, fibre, grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.82

Cup-shaped basket with slightly flaring sides. Bottom has 10 rows of twining to start and the remainder alternates twining and plaiting. Sides are twined with raised parallel vertical rows of twill twined zigzags. Evenly spaced, overlaid (false embroidered) diamond shapes in 2 horizontal rows. Rim is twill twined with vertical warps exposed at top.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd679

Part (a) Coiled, round basket (with bifurcated stitiches) with fitted lid (b). Watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated with light yellow-brown grass. Design of rows of large arrows in black and red cherry bark. Lid is watch-spring coiled with small hide loop handle. Completely imbricated with grass and design of five rows of dark and red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, skin, grass and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whaler's HatNb11.336

Conical hat (no liner) with knob at crown; wrapped twine cedar warp over 3-corner grass horizontal weft; inner weft of swamp grass. Purple-black dyed cedar decoration with three rows of checkerboard at bottom (rows 3-5). On main brim of hat are two horizontal bands with a whaler, holding a harpoon, standing in a canoe with a whale to the right. Above each canoe is a line with three diagonal spurs along top of line and at widest point of knob are three checkerboard rows. Twining varies in element size with wider elements in four rows around centre, at brim, below meander and on knob. Inside is cedar slat head band with evenly spaced, wide, vertical grass supports worked into the basketry at top of band and ending in two rows of twine at bottom.

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