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BasketA1896

Birch bark body of basket bent and laced into place with birch twig stitched border around the rim. Overcast with natural, pink, purple aniline dyed root. Zig-zag stitch for joining creates a portion of the design. The overcast stitch is zig-zagged. The dyed root occurs at the ends with bands of natural root on the sides. Darker side of the bark is on the outside.

Culture
Dakelhne ? or Gitxsan ?
Material
birch bark, aniline dye and birch root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knitting BasketA1889 a-b

Part (a) Urn shaped coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket with handles at shoulder and foot at base. Watch-spring lid and base construction; lid with 2" diameter hole in centre, indented slat flange. Imbricated pattern of alternating vertical rows of arrows in either dark cherry and cat-tail grass, or red cherry and cat-tail grass. In between these rows is a smaller row of diamond shapes of red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Part (b) Lid - 6 double tiered diamond figures in cherry bark and cat-tail, alternating red/cat-tail and black/cat-tail.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
Material
grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookA1411

Wooden barbed hook with short length of cord attached. Two carved wooden arms lashed together in a "v"-shape. Bone point lashed at an acute angle to main arm. Both point and secondary "v" lashings bound with root. Hole drilled through shank and leader line secured. One hook attached to end of a weighted cross pole by a short leader.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala
Material
bone, fibre, wood and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LeisterA1427

Fore-section of "leister-type" fish spear. Two diverging wooden fore-shafts, the end of each fitted with a sharp wooden barb projecting inward and backward. Hafted with leather thong and cedar root. Two fore-shafts bound together with twine.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, fibre, root and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeD3.180

Long canoe that is stitched together at each end and around the outer edge to create tapered ends and a wide opening. Bark on outer surface of canoe has been dyed reddish-brown to expose natural light-brown bark with alternating horizontal patterns of double lines and triangular-shaped designs.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxA3647 a-b

A square wooden box (part a) with lid (part b). The sides of the box are bent to form a square, sewn together at one corner and nailed to a flat wooden base. There is an animal head design carved on all sides. The lid is uncarved, nailed together and fits over the sides of the box.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, spruce root and metal
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3646

Bentwood box with straight sides, steamed, bent, corners cut-out, last corner pegged and sewn (with spruce root), bottom pegged on. Undecorated; no lid.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and spruce root
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3637

Black humanoid mask with protruding forehead, recessed eyes, hooked nose, and pursed, red lips; eyebrows and head have bear fur trim. Facial features are red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cinnabar mineral, wood, metal, root, graphite mineral and bear skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HornA3618

A plain hollow, flat, beak-shaped brown wooden horn or whistle. Brown root strip bound around the body, near the wider end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulA1104

A rounded piece of coarse dark stone, which is flat on both ends and has a deep circumferal groove around the middle for holding hafting lashings. Lower edge is flattened to sit firmly on hafting. Head is lashed with cedar root to carved wood hafting platform. Extending from this is a curving branch which acts as a handle.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, root and stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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