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Lidded Basket2.5E614
Whaler's Hat1999-78/7

The swamp grass is purple and teal.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
sedge grass, cedar bark, swamp grass and raffia
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Lidded Basket1996-4/28
Basketry Purse1992-90/43
Basketry Covered Shell1989-98/5

7. Swamp Grass & Raffia Abalone Shell Nuu-chah-nulth

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
shell, abalone shell, swamp grass, raffia, sedge grass ? and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Lidded Basket2.5E1127

The swamp grass is natural, orange, green, blue, and purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
raffia, cedar bark and swamp grass
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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BasketA16089 a-b

Small rounded basket (part a) with a lid (part b). The basket (part a) bulges around the middle. Has plain twined weaving with crossed warp open-work twined weaving ("eye-hole") and twined and wicker weave at the top. Overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery) is on the cover (part b) and the basket (part a). Black twined weave areas around the middle of the basket (part a) has six upward pointing black triangles in a horizontal row in false embroidery, which (Emmons' Tlingit Basketry, p. 270, calls "half of head of salmon-berry"), while the lid (part b) has five downward pointing black triangles. Construction of the cover (part b) is very intricate.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
fern root ?, swamp grass ?, grass and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9262 a-b

Small, square swamp grass basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); lid features a central button type handle. Basket and lid are decorated with multicoloured, encircling bands of linear patterning in red, green, yellow and purple. Base: checker work. Sides: wrapped twined weave with folded warp border (lid done in four sections).

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