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Flying Frog3260/78

Woven and painted spruce root hat, with a painted flying frog design. The hat is conical in shape, with sides that flare at the brim. Dragonfly pattern weave. Three-strand twined crown, with no dividing line between crown and brim. The frog figures are painted in black and bright orange-red. The painted design covers the entire area between the top edge and the brim. The frog's face is at centre front, with the body splitting to cover each side and joining again at the back. There is a red line around the brim edge, as well as the upper edge. The crown is unpainted. There is a twilled inner headband. Davidson's initials and date are painted inside.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3260/77

Three-sgil basketry hat. The hat is conical in shape, with slightly concave sides that flare out at the brim. Dragonfly pattern weave. Three stacked cylinders (sgil) sit at the top, with a two-strand twined crown. A headband is woven into the interior of the hat. The exterior is unpainted.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3240/1

Basket sampler showing four sections of different types of basket weaving. Openwork basket is tall and rectangular, with a rounded base and walls that flare slightly toward rim. Large loops are attached at the upper layer, through which are passed two tumpline ropes that serve as a handle. A skinned ermine is sewn to the handle (with its nose and whiskers still present). Cedar oil was applied to the basketry after completion.

Culture
Coast Salish: Suquamish
Material
cedar root, wild cherry bark, ermine skin and cedar oil
Made in
Indianola, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3208/4

Large, low-sided basket. Round woven basket has a flat base, from which rises a short wall that flares outward slightly toward the rim. Sides are decorated with two lines of checked patterning in rust and dark brown colours, with a similar pattern along the bottom that also includes rings in dark brown and light yellow-brown.

Culture
Kumeyaay ?
Material
root and dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3207/8

Dish shaped basket with a rounded base, wide sloping wall and braided rim. Dark brown designs decorate both exterior and interior, with four colour blocks emanating off a ring at centre, and surrounded by geometric line designs and colour blocks from the rim.

Culture
Akimel O'odham
Material
grass and root ?
Made in
Arizona, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3207/5 a-b

Round basket with lid. Small basket has a recessed base from which rises the short, straight wall. Weave is fine, with two lines of imbricated design around midpoint, rectangles each with an interior panel, in colours of purple, blue and light green- likely faded. The lid fits over the mouth of the basket and is concave at centre with a convex finial. Designs similar to those on the basket encircle the finial.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, spruce root and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood Chest Panel3156/1 a-c

Set of three detached bentwood chest panels. Front and back panels have stylized imagery painted in black and red across entire surface. Cross-hatching can be seen in several areas. Several large stitches of cedar root can be seen along the right side of one panel. The shorter side panel shows four faint painted lines in a rust-red colour, running from bottom left corner upwards toward opposite side's midpoint. Faint suggestions of other lines above. On right edge are cracks where wood has been bent, and an undercut on the backside of the old bend. All three pieces have hanging hardware on the back.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
cedar wood, paint and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lidded Basket2017-167/1

The dye is brown and orange.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root, grass, maidenhair fern and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Burden Basket2017-67/2

The cherry bark is red. The cherry bark is black.

Culture
Lower Thompson and Stalo
Material
cedar root, split root, grass, cherry bark and string
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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