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BasketD1.254

Kidney shaped basket (bifurcated stitches), with four sides, which narrow to small opening with attached lid. Parallel splint base construction. Fully Imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) background with vertical stripes in red and dark cherry bark. Same configuration on lid. Bottom row of red cherry bark beading at base. Rawhide handles attached at back, tied with fibre string.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, rawhide skin, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.245 a-b

Part (a) Rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with narrow opening, and flanged lid, part (b). Watch-spring base construction. Beaded body, alternating every two rows between crabapple bark and cat-tail grass (?). Deer skin (?) handle tied near opening. Foot is beaded with crabapple. Lid, all but small center portion is imbricated in alternating cat-tail grass (?) and cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, deer skin ?, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and crabapple bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.426

Flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Imbricated with same vertical rows on three sides, in "cluster of flies" checkerboard pattern in cat-tail grass (?), red and dark cherry bark. Back side has narrower version in width of two stitches. Remains of dark cherry bark beading along rim. String loops through two corners on one long side. Rawhide front thong.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye, fibre and rawhide skin
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ? or Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.428

Coiled cedar root basketry fishing creel with a lid and a leather carrying strap with a metal buckle. Undecorated simple coiled work with parallel splint base and lid construction. Woven hole in the top and on the back (for the strap). Three reinforced splints on base.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.457

Coiled cedar root basket with flaring sides, parallel splint base construction, several rawhide thongs and partial imbrication. Vertical striped design; tri-colour checkerboard design creating alternating red and black oblique lines within the stripe. There are four stripes per side and three per end. A rope-like cord is strung from side to side, threaded through the thong ties along the upper rim of the basket; a red, white and black wool shoulder strap pad is woven onto the centre of the cord.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye, rawhide skin and wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.461

Roughly rectangular, tan-coloured basket with flaring sides and three looped hide handles. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Handles are laced and tied. Partial imbrication: vertical bands around the sides of linear and geometric patterning in red, black and white.

Culture
Interior Salish: Secwepemc
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinD2.37

One skin moccasin with seams around sole and up each side. Turquoise satin binding around top and blue lining. Tie-laces from heel. Embroidered in green, orange-brown, and blue.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
skin and silk fibre ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceD2.54

A beadwork necklace of trade flannel wound with string of pink glass beads coiled around the fibre with brass beads in the middle of each strand. The end pieces are of hide and are wrapped with yellow cloth trim.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, cotton fibre ?, brass metal and skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceD2.56

Strands of small white beads wound around seven tubular cloth cores. The seven beaded pieces are attached at either end to a leather strip with brass beads at the joint. Two leather thongs for ties.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, brass metal, skin and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear OrnamentD2.57

Long, dangling ear ornament made from rows of white dentalium shell strung together. Nine sections divided by strips of leather. Seven denticles per section. Red beads at the end the end of each string (all missing except one). A leather thong is attached at the top.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
dentalium shell, leather skin, glass and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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