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Basket3579/6

Small basket with single handle. The bottom is square, which transitions to a rounded body, which is tightly plaited. The rim is circular, and both the rim and handle are rounded root (?) that is loosely wrapped.

Culture
Yekuana
Material
root ? and plant fibre
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3579/4

Tall open weave basket with square bottom. The body of the basket is somewhat cylindrical, and then tapers in to the square tightly woven bottom. The circular neck is also tightly woven. Pairs of darkly coloured fibres are woven in creating large X-shapes.

Culture
Yekuana
Material
root and plant fibre
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3579/3

Open weave basket with two woven handles. The basket is short and round, with a round bottom. The sides are twined, with a tighter weave around the rim, and twisted fibres to create handles.

Culture
Yekuana
Material
root ? and plant fibre
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3502/5

Male doll, seated on a basketry base, with a stone face. Eyes and mouth are incised, wide nose and hair are carved in relief. Figure is wearing fur clothing, consisting of a parka, mittens, pants and boots. Mittens are hairless. Bottom edge of parka has leather fringe. Dark brown highlights down front of boot calves. Vamps have dark green embroidery along their edges. White stuffed dog, made of sheep skin(?), in front of doll. Dog is wearing a harness, trimmed with fur, and the doll is holding the leather reins in each hand. Basketry base is undecorated.

Culture
Inuit
Material
animal skin, sheep skin ?, leather skin, fibre, stone, root ? and bark ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3369/3

Rectangular woven handbag-like basket with plaited handles. Handles attach to the wrapped cylindrical rim, opposite each other. The design features a large black-brown whale on each long side, and a small green two-person boat on the short side. Two bands of cedar bark wrap around the basket above and below the designs. Plain woven cedar bark is visible at the base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root, dye, cedar bark ? and wood ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Raw Material2017-67/40
Basket2017-147/3

The spruce root is natural. The dye is brown.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, dye and grass
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basket LidA6708

Coiled cedar root basket and lid with cedar slat foundation. Imbricated designs in black dyed cherry bark and cat-tail. Parallel slat construction. Lid has slat edge with overcast splint construction. Cherry bark beading decorates edge of lid. (The lid is currently on top of basket A8454, but does not appear to be original to that basket?)

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye, grass and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1-1248
Basketry Fragment2.5E1468