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BasketA7853

Roughly square, openwork basket with rounded sides that flare from the base. Cedar root warp and weft. Remains of one string and two braided loop handles at three corners near the rim.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ehattesaht
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
Queen's Cove, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry MatA8490

Small, oval shaped, cedar root coiled mat with interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) and elongated watch-spring construction with braided loop work. One row of red cherry bark beading around circumference.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry MatA8489

Small, oval shaped, cedar root coiled mat with simple interlocking coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) and braided loop work border. Elongated watch-spring construction. Outer row beaded in red cherry bark.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8468

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with looped border and short foot. Slat base construction. Imbricated design near rim of solid row of alternating double stitches of cat-tail grass (?), dark and red cherry bark. Three rows of alternating checkerboard diamonds in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot has bottom row of imbrication of three alternating stitches in red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?).

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8467

Rectangular coiled cedar root basket (with bifurcated stitches) with foot. Elongated watch-spring construction of base. Imbricated design of diamonds, two on large sides, one on short sides, outlined in dark cherry bark, then cat-tail grass (?), red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark at center. Band around the rim of alternating three stitches of red or dark cherry bark.

Culture
Interior 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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BasketA8466

Short round flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flared foot and loop work border. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of alternating diagonal rows of adjoined triangles, in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot is beaded with two rows of red cherry bark. Double looped border. Five small triangles imbricated on interior base in red cherry bark with dark cherry bark in center.

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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FanH2.116

Triangular shaped fan with green, blue, green, red and black feathers tied together with twigs and grass(?) that loop over a stick and are tied together by twine creating a braided v-shape that pulls into a cylindrical shaped handle.

Culture
Interior Amazonia ?
Material
feather, fibre, root ? and wood ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe3680/1

Child size birchbark canoe. Wood frame, with lengthwise wood slat construction; sheets of birchbark stitched together using long strips of root. Black resin applied along base and seams.

Culture
Cree
Material
birch bark, wood, root and resin
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3687/1

Large, kidney-shaped, hand-woven basket; cedar slat construction, wrapped with cedar root; decorated with alternating stipes of imbrication in black and red cherry bark and pale yellow grass. Small half-circle handles attached near top edge at each end. Fourteen vertical stripes around all sides of basket; each set consists of 2 bark, 2 grass, 3 bark, 2 grass, 2 bark, some in black bark and grass, others in red bark and grass. Remains of secondary handles at both corners of the indented side (small root remains in four holes at one end; holes are empty at other end.) Old repair runs along the top edge on the outer side.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying Basket3579/1

Carrying basket with straps. Large basket with a square base, bulbous mid-section, and loosely woven flared rim. A thick plaited strap is tied just below the flared top, and is threaded through the open weaving, leaving a loop on each side, and the remaining cord hangs on the exterior.

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