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Storage BasketA2246

Simple rectangular coiled work basket with bifurcated stitches and parallel slat base and lid construction. Sides are decorated with partial imbrication in a continuous zigzag design in red/bullrush/black. The lid has beading in red and black cherry bark around the perimeter. Four columns of beading in black and red, and cross figures imbricated on the sides in red and black cherry bark. Indented flange on body, thong ties, and handles.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and deer skin ?
Made in
Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2286

Footed basket with a flat, rectangular base, flaring sides, and remnants of handles at either end. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a slat foot and overcast splint rim. Continuous imbricated design of two horizontal bands of diamond figures in cat-tail, red and black cherry bark. Corners are slightly different. Beading in red along foot, and imbrication in red. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2287 a-b

Large, footed, rectangular basket (a) with flaring sides, and a flat, fitted lid (b). Lid is decorated wtih multicoloured imbrication: three large waves-like designs in red/bullrush/black. Sides: two continuous horizontal bands of connected chevron figures executed in several rows of red, bullrush and black. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base and lid construction; overcast splint rim; indented slat flange; slat foot; imbrication and handles. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish
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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BasketK2.21

Natural colour, no decoration. Basket made of split root and split leaves. Twisted cord for hanging. Has a nutshell-like shape with ten wide warps and multiple thin wefts. Coiled rim has two wide bands underneath.

Culture
Gbari
Material
leaf and root
Made in
Izom, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA125

Hat with sloping brim and flat crown with slight indentation. Several different kinds of twined weaves: brim - mixed twined weave, i.e. Plain-twined weave with a 'skip stitch' (also known as diagonal-twined weaving) which gives a chevron twilled pattern. Border is a braided cut-warp border. Crown - sides of crown are woven in three-strand twined weave with top of crown in concentric band of three-strand interspersed with plain-twined weaving. Inner support section - diagonal-twined weave. Warp and weft; design painted in red-brown, green and black paint. Expansive and representational.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
spruce root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2296

Side of baskets are wrapped twined openwork. The top border consists of warp strands coiled around splints (wrapped warp border). The base has two strand twilling plaiting. Dark green fibre is tied on the inside of the basket .

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
fibre and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cod HookA2252

Hook composed of spruce root carved and steamed into a u shape. One arm end carved with a tapering knob (fragment of twisted cedar bark leader line attached). Other arm end recurved inward and sharpened to a point. Point section lashed with cedar root. Some cedar bark strips also wrapped around the root.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar root, cedar bark and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cod HookA2253

Hook composed of spruce root carved and steamed into a u shape. One arm end carved with tapered knob (to secure leader line) fragment of line attached. Other arm end recurved inward and sharpened to a point. Point section lashed with cedar root.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar root and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA1990

Coiled cedar root basket with parallel slat base construction, rawhide thongs, and decorated with partial imbrication. Vertical checkerboard stripes in red/white and black/white reaching half way down the basket, four per side and three per end. Colour: brown.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA1992

Simple coiled work basket with bifurcated stitches. Every fourth row is decorated with horizontal beading in a white coloured grass. Elongated watch-spring base construction. Cross-stitch edging on rim, which is partially beaded. Holes remain where handles were once attached.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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