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HatA6108

Spruce root hat with applied design of a bird in black and green paint. Painted green cross on top. Spruce root warp and weft. Brim is mixed twined weave (diagonal twilled design of chevron patters), crown is three strand twined weave with plain twined weave at the top. Hat has a braided border and a diagonal twined inner headband.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
spruce root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1479/6

Birch bark container with linear, triangular designs (horizontal) around the outside. Reddish pigment is on the background of the outside of the piece and the rim has staggered overstitches. On both sides of the outside, larger triangular stitches (vertical) attache the birch bark pieces together.

Culture
Gitxsan ? or Wet'suwet'en ?
Material
birch bark, pigment and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Vase1435/28

Coiled cedar root basket with root foundation. Watchspring base with foot. Basket widens towards the top and then narrows to create a rim. Imbricated plant designs and butterflies with pink and orange accents.

Culture
Interior Salish: Secwepemc
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry1435/27

Clear round glass float enclosed in a multicoloured woven covering--covering is open on one side and features decorative bands of different colours and weave.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, dye, glass and cedar root
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz828

Oblong coiled cedar root basket with overcast rim. Parallel slat base and wall construction. Decorated with vertical, imbricated columns in cat-tail grass with red cherry bark designs (cluster of flies pattern).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, wood, cat-tail grass and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1431/9 a-b

Brown-red coloured birch bark container with lid. The container is wider at the bottom, has rectangular bark panels connected to each other side-by-side by vertical bark stitching, and narrows towards a protruding red-brown bark-wrapped rim. The lid consists of a round piece of bark with a scalloped edge over top of a circular bark panel and fastened by bark stitches.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Oil Container1485/8

Conical shaped, horn container wrapped in a piece of fibre cloth then tied together with tightly wrapped thin pieces of root. The container has been covered in oil and is burnt on one end. There is a fibre, looped handle on the side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
horn, fibre, root and oil
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz827

Rectangular basket with a convex lid hinged by three hide straps. Design consists of lighter coloured dashes (grass) on a natural brown background. A horizontal row of black bark dashes also goes around the bottom and the top, with red bark around the middle.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, grass and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz831

Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with overcast handle. Imbricated geometric design in two rows around sides.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar root, grass, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket834/1

Circular, light brown, coiled basket with a braided handle. Around the basket are four equally spaced designs which consist of four dark brown squares around a natural light brown centre.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
root ? or stem ?
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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