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BasketA3716

Openwork, flat base basket of cedar root slats and woven cedar root, with overcast rim. Cedar branches at corners. Two braided cedar rope handles at opposite corners, and three strings at other two opposite corners.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5076

Semi-cylindrical shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with attached lid. Parallel slat base and lid construction. Fully imbricated with canary grass with black cherry bark designs of two crosses on the back, a diamond shape in front, and a vertical row on either side in red cherry bark. Lid edge continues imbrication on basket. Top of lid has parallel rows beaded in canary grass, metal button on rim, and string hinges.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
canary grass, fibre, cherry bark, cedar root, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5077

Large flared rectangular coil basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel base construction. Imbricated zig-zag pattern in two rows on three sides, in red cherry bark and with cat-tail grass in middle. Top row of triangles in same colours. Outside of rim is beaded in cat-tail grass (?) with intervals of two stitch red cherry bark imbrication. Remains of skin handles, two on each long side, also fibre strings, one on short side, one on long.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and deer skin ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierA5081

Basketry baby carrier, or cradle, with simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base construction with reinforced stitches at base. Overcast rim is decorated with imbrication. Other surfaces are beaded. Top row is imbricated mostly in cat-tail grass bordered with black cherry bark in a recurring pattern. Sides have a beaded design of vertical bands of diamonds in alternating black and red with spaces between filled with checker work beading on the top half in cat-tail grass and in a single cat-tail grass diamond in the bottom half. Foot end has a variation of the same pattern on the sides (vertical diamond band), but has a hole in the middle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
cedar root, canary grass, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierA5082

Tan, black, and red basketry cradle of interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction with single cross-stitch support and no extra rim. Decorated with beading and imbrication (partial). Top slat has four beaded rows (2:1), staggered, in cat-tail grass. Body has three similar rows at the head with a "butterfly pattern". Vertical zig-zag pattern over the rest of the basket.

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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Storage BasketA5084 a-b

Red and tan basket (part a) with a lid (part b) in interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction. Flange on the basket body (part a). Lid (part b) with a splint around the edge. Basket (part a) has handles and is decorated with both beading and imbrication. Sides of the basket (part a) have partial imbrication with vertical panels in black cherry bark and canary grass (two different patterns of pyramid and half-pyramid form). Lid (part b)is beaded (3:1), and rows alternate in black-dyed cherry bark and in canary grass (sides of lid are in continuation with sides of basket). Has skin ties.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
skin, canary grass, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7501

Plain twined weaving with middle section partially twisted twined work, and 1 row of twisted twined work where warp splints bend up to form sides. Base - weft strands in inside centre are green later alternating with plain colour on the outside, giving a sunburst effect. Near the outer edge orange strands are plaited in between the warp strands of every other row. Sides - "meander" pattern alternating orange and plain on brown flanking a stepped design in yellow and brown on grey.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and aniline dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7502

Base - mixed twined weave (alternation of plain twined weaving and wicker weave). Sides - 3 sections of plain twined weaving then a section of cross-warp twined weaving (repeated 4 times); design is embroidered. The 3 plain twined rows are embroidered with parallelograms in yellow and orange. The top and bottom rows are slanted in the same direction while the center row is slanted the other way.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7503

Basket with overlaid twine weaving (false embroidery). Pattern of alternating orange and red-purple 5 step design false embroidery on undifferentiated ground. Colours: red and purple.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, spruce root and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7504

Double strand twined weaving with overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery). Alternating yellow and red-purple meander pattern (false embroidery) on darker bands of spruce (2). Colour: orange.

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