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BasketA8455

Woven coil basket with a flat, oval-shaped bottom, flaring sides and an open, rectangular top. Cedar root with imbrication in black and red cherry bark and bullrush. Coiled weave with three imbricated vertical bands of oblique lines (centremost band is red cherry and bulrush, two end bands are black cherry and bulrush) with one beaded band around bottom edge. "Half arrowhead" design. Colour: tan.

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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Storage BasketA8454

Storage basket with foot on base, and handles. The basket is made with a cedar root splint foundation and coiled cedar root. It is decorated with imbrication in cat-tail grass as well as red and black cherry bark. Cedar root slats for flange and foot. Slat foot and top edge of coil trimmed with black and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass imbrication. The design consists of vertical bands of black triangles on off-white with red borders on the sides, and groups of five black squares assembled in lines on the top of the lid with a row of groups of two black squares at either end. One row of beading along top edge and bottom foot. The lid currently on the basket may not be original to this basket? (Lid # A6708).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye, fibre and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8453

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with short foot and two loop handles on each long side formed from coiled rows. Elongated watch-spring construction. Imbricated vertical bands, two on short sides, three on long, alternating in red or dark cherry bark with a cat-tail grass (?) zig-zag through center. Foot has intervals of double stitches in red cherry bark.

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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BasketA8478

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with pedastal foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of double-diamond in tri-colour of natural cat-tail grass (?), black and red cherry bark (repeats 6 times). Foot has continuous scallop pattern in black with red.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8477

Small round coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with a double looped border. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design in vertical rows of double diamond shapes in checkered white cat-tail grass (?) with black and red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
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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BasketA8452

Part (a) Rectangular coiled (with bifurcated stitches) cedar root basket with slats (base) and lid. Imbricated pattern of rows of rectangles in red and dark cherry bark, and bottom rom dark or red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) in center. Part (b) Parallel coiled lid and flange with coiled handle. Imbricated pattern same as basket, except no cat-tail grass (?).

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8451

Coiled bowl (bifurcated stitches) with pedastal base. Cedar root splint foundation with watch-spring construction. Imbricated design on bowl and repeated on pedastal of solid dark cherry bark band (earthline ?) with checkerboard triangles (mountains ?) in black cherry bark and grass. Top two coil rows of basket are looped.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
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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BasketA8502

Small cedar root carrying basket with simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base, and an overcast splint rim. Two coiled handles. Decorated with partial beading where every other slat is beaded (2:2 ratio). Beading on the slats alternates in red and black cherry bark.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8498 a-b

Spruce root basket with convex lid. Plain twined weaving (two strand) with twilled weaving or "skip stitch". Weft winds over two warp strands and is staggered. Four bands, two on sides, two on lid, with two rows of all black weft, several rows of natural black weft and diagonal twined weave in black and natural. The result is a series of arrow-like designs.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, dye ? and bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8476

Cylindrical flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with second cylindrical coiled work at center. Imbricated design on outer basket is one horizontal zig-zag, in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and red cherry bark, and reverse of material. Bottom row of beading above foot is in cat-tail grass (?). Inner coiled basket has beaded dark cherry bark rim and four beaded rows in cat-tail grass (?), red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and dark cherry bark. Watch-spring base construction. Foot has four rows of beaded cat-tail grass (?), indicating this basket may have been made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C.

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