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Basket1932.238

Tlingit basket in poor state of preservation but an old specimen with native dyes , as the catalogue card states. The basket is finely woven from spruce root with a false embroidery design made from grass and possibly maidenhair fern. The design has two bands of red and dark greenish black pattern which is a variation on the butterfly pattern identified by Emmons (1903:263-277). The central band is composed of stepped cream and reddish brown lines. The basket has been stitched together.; Good

Culture
Tlingit
Material
root, spruce wood and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Tuwatmeri Pole2683/1

Deeply carved wooden clan pole covered in various figures, animals and designs on all sides, with the creator figure Tuwatmeri at the top of both sides. The pole is round at the base; slightly flat and rectangular at the top. The eyes of the figures are inlaid with shell. Artist's inscription around pole near base on one side.

Culture
Iatmul: Simal
Material
spruce wood and cowrie shell
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Canoe1505/2

Model hunting canoe. Small light brown wooden canoe carved from a single piece of wood, that widens in the centre and tapers to squared off points at either end. The prow sits slightly higher than the stern. Each end has a curve from top to bottom but the stern has a much more pronounced curve. The surface is undecorated.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
spruce wood
Made in
Yakutat, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hide ScraperNa1683

Stone hide scraper with wooden handle. A pink J-cloth is wrapped around and tied onto the end just below the blade.

Culture
Dene
Material
stone, spruce wood, fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1929.414

Square topped basket which tapers to base. Basket has yellow background with black and brown imbricated decoration.; Good

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
root, spruce wood, cedar wood ? and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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