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BasketA5104

Plain twined work with wide twilled border. A series of twilled ("skip-stitch") zigzag patterns on rim. Cylindrical shape.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3190

4 horizontal bands each 5 rows wide - alternating solid bands that have bands with every other warp strand brown. Wide twilled border with diagonally striped design. Base is mixed twined work; sides are plain twined with a twilled border.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5119

Plain twined weaving with overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery). Two bands of divided diamonds and split diamonds alternated with horizontal crossed line patterns with band of striped pattern in between.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
Hoonah, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5120 a-b

Base is mixed twined work (alternating plain twined and wicker weaves); sides and lid are plain twined with embroidered (false) design. Variation on "half of the head of the salmon berry" (Emmons, design 2). Triangles placed in eschelon ("the spear barb"), and alternating in lines of light brown and dark brown on a light ground. Lid has a circular design of black and white triangles bordered by lines of white. "whirl-wind design" on center. With rattle lid.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, dye and grass
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA3234

Brim is mixed twined work (diagonal twilled design of chevron patterns). Crown is diagonally twined. Top is plain twined with diagonal twining in centre. Inner band is diagonally twined. Border is 2 rows of twisted twined work with plain twine in between. Expansive design is painted on (extremely faded). Only red and black remains.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
spruce root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA3235

Basketry hat with brim of a mixed twined weave -chevron twilled design in diagonal twined weave (also known as 'skip-stitch') against ground of plain twined weave. Crown has a three strand twined weave with top of crown being mostly in plain twined weave (i.e. 2-strand twined weave). Inner hat band: diagonal twined weave. Colours: red, green, black.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, paint and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7501

Plain twined weaving with middle section partially twisted twined work, and 1 row of twisted twined work where warp splints bend up to form sides. Base - weft strands in inside centre are green later alternating with plain colour on the outside, giving a sunburst effect. Near the outer edge orange strands are plaited in between the warp strands of every other row. Sides - "meander" pattern alternating orange and plain on brown flanking a stepped design in yellow and brown on grey.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and aniline dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7502

Base - mixed twined weave (alternation of plain twined weaving and wicker weave). Sides - 3 sections of plain twined weaving then a section of cross-warp twined weaving (repeated 4 times); design is embroidered. The 3 plain twined rows are embroidered with parallelograms in yellow and orange. The top and bottom rows are slanted in the same direction while the center row is slanted the other way.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7503

Basket with overlaid twine weaving (false embroidery). Pattern of alternating orange and red-purple 5 step design false embroidery on undifferentiated ground. Colours: red and purple.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, spruce root and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7504

Double strand twined weaving with overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery). Alternating yellow and red-purple meander pattern (false embroidery) on darker bands of spruce (2). Colour: orange.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye, grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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