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BasketA6670 a-b

Cylindrical woven basket (a) with slightly flaring sides and a lid (b); red-brown colour. Canoe-like figures are woven in a light yellow-brown material around sides and lid. Raised knob in centre of lid.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
cedar root ? or bark ?
Made in
Kitwanga, British Columbia, Canada and Gitwangak, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB99

The basket is a cylinder shape with four branches lashed to the sides and another branch forming the base. There are several bands of black, red and the natural brown fibre near the rim and a black, red and natural diamond pattern in the middle of the basket. There is two rows of brown stitching as well as parallel vertical stitching on the rim. Bark strips are tied to two of the side branches and to the base, creating straps.

Culture
Saduans
Material
rattan, bark, root and palm leaf
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC930

One outrigger canoe (part a) and paddle (part b). Canoe (part a) is deep and is painted black, blue, red, and white with decorated prow and stern. Outrigger framework has five main outward projecting posts with forty-three smaller ones bound by plant root or bark ? with a single connective bar along the canoe side, a single connective bar along the middle, and three connective bars along the outrigger side that has the shaped log float parallel to the hull of the canoe. Each of the five main outward projecting posts is connected to the shaped log float by four vertical posts. There are a few clumps of tied plant leaf-like material at both ends of the outrigger framework. Red-brown wood paddle (part b) with a slightly flat cylindrical handle. Paddle blade shape is long with slightly rounded tapering side edges tapering to a point. Flat base of the paddle blade is carved with a curved line on either side.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood, paint, bark fibre ? and root
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden Basket1719/32

A rectangular coiled imprecated basket made from cedar wood sewn with split cedar root. Rectangular design formed by cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, dye, cotton fibre, cedar wood, grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
Skatin, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry Basket1719/40

Rectangular burden basket that tapers slightly towards the bottom. Basket has three skin loops and five skin ties. On the front, there are three imprecated diamond designs. On the ends, there are two imprecated diamond designs. On the back, there are three vertical imprecated vertical designs.

Culture
Interior Salish ? or Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, grass ?, dye, skin and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry Basket1719/38

Rectangular-shaped burden basket that tapers slightly towards the bottom. Basket has a thick white cotton fibre strap that is secured to the basket with skin cording. Cotton strap ties into a knot on one side of the basket. A reddish-black band of cedar bark stitching decorates the middle of the basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, skin, dye, cotton fibre, cedar wood and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll Carrier1719/9

Small oblong-shaped doll carrier, or cradle, with plastic doll wrapped up in strips of cedar bark. Cradle has arched handle attached to one side. Skin strips attach to handle and opposite end of the cradle. Cradle is decorated with alternating sections of diagonally stitched white cedar root and cherry bark around its perimeter. The lower portion of the cradle has evenly spaced checkered sections of white cedar root and cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, grass, glass ?, deer skin, plastic, cedar bark 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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Basket1719/1

Light brown woven hand basket with two large handles bridging opposite sides. Horizontal bands of black, yellow-white and red patterning encircle the basket, with red, yellow-white and black-coloured diamond shapes mark the centre of the two sides and two ends.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, fibre, dye, skin, grass and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1719/43

Rectangular, twined basket with hinged lid. Hinges and ties on front side are of skin; handle goes across long dimension of the lid and is also skin. Decoration is on sides and top in cherry bark and is mostly in lines of either dark brown, brown, or cream; one central geometric design in dark brown is on each side.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, skin, dye, fibre, grass and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa723

Large, semi-spherical, brown woven basket. A large handle arcing from one side to the other is made from a slender branch wound with root (?); a God's Eye weave attaches the handle to the body of the basket at either side.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
root ?, wood and dye ?
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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