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BasketA3183

3 bands of zigzags on a black ground bordered by red. Plain twined sides with embroidered grass design alternating with crossed warp twined sections. Colour: natural.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye, grass and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3184

Woven basket with slightly flared, circular sides. Plain twined work with braided border. Four horizontal green bands.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5102

Plain twined work with false and true embroidered design; braided rim. Design is called: "shark's teeth," "salmon berry," and "fish tail." they are discrete elements in natural and brown on 2 wide brown stripes and bordered by 2 narrow brown stripes.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
maidenhair fern, spruce root and dye
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5103

Base - various twined weaves - mixed and plain. Sides are plain twined work with embroidered and false embroidered design. Upper and lower bands of "meander" pattern in yellow on 3 bands of red. Central row of yellow hourglass shapes which, when connected, give a diamond effect. Central band on a red/green/red ground.

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