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Storage BasketA5088

Rectangular basket of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base and lid construction. Partially imbricated and beaded. Two wires reinforce overcast rim, and leather strap hinges are sewn on. Copper handles are screwed into the sides. Alternating rows of imbrication and beading are arranged in a band of alternating cherry bark and cat-tail squares and a beaded section in cat-tail. Lid has similar design. The red bands are crabapple. Colours: black, tan.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, crabapple bark, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye, metal and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5097

Basket with four sides that taper slightly towards the base and a foot composed of three rows beaded with bulrush. The basket has an overall triangle motif (vertex facing downwards) in red, black and off-white. The body is simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Partial imbrication and beading, and parallel slat base construction, and an overcast rim.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cherry bark, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5102

Plain twined work with false and true embroidered design; braided rim. Design is called: "shark's teeth," "salmon berry," and "fish tail." they are discrete elements in natural and brown on 2 wide brown stripes and bordered by 2 narrow brown stripes.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
maidenhair fern, spruce root and dye
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5103

Base - various twined weaves - mixed and plain. Sides are plain twined work with embroidered and false embroidered design. Upper and lower bands of "meander" pattern in yellow on 3 bands of red. Central row of yellow hourglass shapes which, when connected, give a diamond effect. Central band on a red/green/red ground.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, grass and aniline dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5104

Plain twined work with wide twilled border. A series of twilled ("skip-stitch") zigzag patterns on rim. Cylindrical shape.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shopping BasketA3421

Tan basket with two coiled handles. Simple interlocking coiled work (some bifurcated stitches at sides). Parallel slat base construction with foot one slat wide. Overcast rim with a looped area to attach handles (cross stitches under loop). Partial imbrication. Isolated figures on the sides and the ends. Sides have a central diamond figure in red/white/black/white/red (centre) with four bilaterally symmetric geometric figures in red and white. Ends have one central figure composed of six chevrons in red with some white filler.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3422

Rounded basket with a flat, circular bottom, lid and two handles. Interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base and watch-spring lid construction. Lid has an indented slat flange. Wrapped splint handle on body, and thong ties. Decorated with both beading and imbrication. Lid has beading in two concentric rows (grass and red cherry bark) with imbricated pattern, while the body has a continuous 'wave' pattern which has angular appearance, because of width of stitches (one per slat), interspersed with what looks like small animal figures beaded in red. Double beaded row of grass staggered on bottom row.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
canary grass, deer skin ?, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3423

Tan basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base foundation, and overcast rim. Rim loops to allow connection of two overcast handles. Decorated with three double rows of beading in black/red cherry bark separated by one undecorated row.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cherry bark, wood, 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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Work BasketA3101

Coiled cedar root basket decorated with discrete vertical stripes of checkerboard pattern alternating in black-dyed bark / white cat-tail and red bark / white cat-tail. Pattern continues three-quarters of the way down the basket with a red/white horizontal line as a border. The rim is decorated with beading in cat-tail grass. Parallel splint base construction and partial imbrication.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3114

Basket made of birch bark that has been bent and sewn together with birch root. Birch twig around rim is overcast with birch root. Geometric design around sides is scratched on. On one side is lines with triangles (vertex down). On the other side are vertical lines of diamonds. The darker side of the bark is to the outside. (Raley label #165 on base.)

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
birch bark, birch wood and birch root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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