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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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BasketA7505

Open work weave (eyehole weave) and false embroidery. Two bands with false embroidery (one above and the other below the open work weave) in yellow, green and deep red swamp grass; top - multi-coloured rhomboid figures, bottom - band of checkered rhomboid pattern.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA3725

Dome shaped, double-woven, basketry hat with spruce root exterior and red cedar bark warps and liner. The top of the hat is indented with a plaited square of cedar bark, which is outlined with double strand twining in spruce root. The warps are then split and the twining continues, but is much finer. The top rim is outlined with one row of triple strand twining, as is the rim at the bottom of the hat. The hat is decorated with a green dyed rings near the top and bottom of the hat, and a purple dyed ring around the centre. The liner is woven with red cedar bark, except for two decorative rings in spruce root that have been dyed purple--one is near the top and the other the bottom. There are also two rings which flank the hat band that alternate green and the natural light yellow coloured spruce root. The hat band is diagonally plaited.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, spruce root and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookA5318

Hook composed of a bone point lashed at an angle to a u-shaped length of spruce root with split cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark, bone and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3752 a-b

Basket base (a) and lid (b) in plain twined weave. Two bands of dyed brown spruce root woven into the basket base. Twined lid.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3756

Plain twined work; mixed twined work on base; 3 rows of twisted twined work; design is false embroidered. 2 bands of discrete shapes alternating in orange and yellow on a black ground bordered by red. 3 twisted horizontal stripes in purple/red/purple; base has 2 bands of purple and 2 bands of red.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3757

Twine work weave with bands of black spruce woven in and false embroidery (overlaid twined weaving) in natural grass. Two bands of a white step pattern on a black background on basket and two on lid. Fitted lid double tiered at top.

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