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BasketA9010

Basket, circular in cross-section with sides that taper towards a base with a three-row foot. The basket is composed of simple coiled cedar root weaving (bifurcated stitches) with a watch spring base construction. Fully imbricated with a horizontal zigzag design in black, yellow-brown, red, and black on a yellow-brown bulrush ground.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8867 a

Coiled work basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid (A8867 b). Watch-spring base construction and indented 1 slat flange along rim. Imbricated pattern of diagonal rows of 'i' figures in cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark. Row of horizontal bands of imbrication on top row. Cedar flange on rim exposed.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA17095

Coiled cedar root tray with handles. Simple interlocking coiled work with parallel slat base with two rows of watch-spring construction at the edge. Wide slat for the side with an extra row separating into handles. Braided edge under the handle and partial imbrication. Inside of the tray is decorated with six geometric patterns, two large diamond patterns in red and black, with a smaller black diamond inside. Exterior of basket has a series of diamonds and wide beading. .

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root, cedar wood and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17094 a-b

Spruce root basket with "rattle" lid; base: alternate rows of plain twined and plaited weaving (from central origin). Sides and lid: plain twined weaving with the same type of alternate weaving as above on the under part of the lid. Lid has two tiers with pebble in between. False embroidered design of black fern root against light swamp grass. Continuous figures.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, fern root and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17087 a-b

Coiled cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b). Simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches on sides, and parallel slat base and lid construction reinforced by stitches along edges. The lid has a braided edge and indented flange. Lid is decorated with double staggered rows of red and black cherry bark beading. Sides are imbricated with a dog-like animal figure followed by double row of vertical beaded zigzag bands (alternately red and black), all against beaded bullrush ground. Colour: natural.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17086 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with rounded lid (b); simple interlocking coiled weaving (with bifurcated stitches); parallel slat bottom reinforced by stitches along edges; watch-spring lid construction with small hole in centre; complete beading; flange along basket rim. Basket is completely beaded; sides: has each coil done in triple staggered rows of alternating bulrush, red, and black cherry bark. Lid: has each coil is beaded with alternating strips of white, black, and red, creating concentric circles. String handle attached with rawhide thongs. Colour: natural.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, rawhide skin, fibre and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8799

Rounded, urn-shaped grass basket with encircling bands of multicoloured geometric and linear patterning.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar root
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8796

Cylindrical woven basket with a rounded, convex bottom. Twined work spruce root basket. Decorated with three horizontal brown stripes that are each six stitches wide.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9418

Natural and red cedar root coiled basket. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base construction. Foot is one row of splint foundation and one of a slat foundation. Handles are coiled. Partial imbrication with designs in black/bullrush stripes with crabapple points, and also designs in crabapple/bullrush stripes with black protrusions. Top and bottom rims are beaded and the foot is partially imbricated.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, crabapple bark, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.94

A woven circular basket with sides that flare upward at a low angle, creating a deep bowl effect. Design consists of simple horizontal bands of dark brown, orange, and dark brown near the base with a dark brown circle at the centre of the base.

Culture
East African
Material
root
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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