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Unfinished Basket1413/10

A small light yellow-brown cylindrical basket with the rest of the weave left unfinished from the rim where it tilts highly and freely over the basket. The design consists of green, blue, and red fish around the side with green and blue horizontal rows above and below around the side of the basket.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA6776

Corked glass bottle covered with a woven grass sleeve. Design: two intertwined bands of green and red, four whale figures in purple with yellow and red eyes, and two canoes in red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, aniline dye and cork bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7221

Oval woven mat; fine lattice twined weaving. Design says 'MRS. REID / VANCOUVER / B.C.' in green and purple with a patterned orange, purple, and black band below. Encircled with two rows of burgundy. Sides have green, purple, and red animal and bird figures. One end has a potted plant and the other end has an arrow-like pattern. The rim also has two rows of burgundy.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7220 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b); lid has a raised, two-tiered knob in the centre. Woven around the sides are the images of a fishing boat and dock with buildings, as well as the words " Mrs Reid Vancouver BC." Lid has three boat-like shapes arranged in a concentric band around the knob.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7212

Woven basket in a goblet shape. Plain twined weave with overlaid twined weave (false embroidery). Bands of alternate weft in faded blue and purple (from two strand plain twined weave) with the pattern at right repeating three times.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass, dye and cedar root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6676 a-b

Short, cylindrical basket (a) with a slightly convex fitted lid (b). Repeated bird motif in red and black around the basket's sides. Concentric bands of red linear patterning encircle a red and black central flower-like design on the lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA6662

Woven circular mat. Central purple circle with a toothed edge. Central band of yellow lightning band surrounded by purple. Outer rim edge has continuous inward pointing blue triangular band.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA6661

Woven oval mat. Around the middle, there is an alternating natural and purple band. The outer rim edge is purple. There are four solid bird-like figures, one magenta at each end and one purple at either side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6660 a-b

Small, oval-shaped woven basket (a) with a fitted lid (b). Multicoloured bands of stripes and patterning around the basket in orange, green, yellow, red and dark blue. Centre of lid is an orange oval shape, encircled by an oval-shaped green band. Cedar flange is attached around the underside of the lid's rim to hold it in place.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6658 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b). Bands of green encircle the bottom of the basket, sides of lid, and form concentric circles on top of the lid.

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