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BasketA124 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) with straight sides and a flat, fitted lid (b). Sides: wrapped twined weaving; base: twined weaving around cedar bark; base: large cedar strip. One band of meander design on side and top. Base and warp: cedar bark with grass sides; swamp grass and aniline-dyed swamp grass. Colours: purple, blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2247 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid has a knob-like handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with figurative imagery of ducks and ambiguous canoe-like motifs. Colours: red, blue, purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1986 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange that rings the rim of the basket. Stylized zoomorphic figure repeated around sides and lid in black. Compound bands of black and yellow stripes around sides and lid; black circle in centre of lid. Base: checker work with plain twined or wicker weave. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA2265

Round mat with lattice twined weaving: turned warp border. Central purple circle with a continuous band of triangles in a sunburst-like formation. Purple exterior edge border has inward pointing green triangles. Two bird-on-arrow stylized figures are in the middle range with their wings outspread to either side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2384

Open, oval-shaped woven basket with multicoloured bands of geometric patterning around the sides. Bottom to top: one row of turquoise/orange, two purple, two yellow, two mauve, two yellow; one row of purple triangles; central band of purple zigzags on orange ground bordered by purple; upper row of continuous purple triangles (vertex down). Wrapped twined work with overcast rim; design elements woven in.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
aniline dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2270

A rounded woven basket that has sides which flare upward and curve inward. The base has a red-brown checker weave centre with plain twined weave and extra warp elements added around the sides - wrapped twined weave. The main design is consisting of two horizontal blue-grey bands, one around near the top and the other around near the bottom. The basket has a handle. Lid - wrapped twined weave with plain twined weave in middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2272

Cylindrical basket with wrapped twined weaving. Yellow and purple bands of triangles around the side with central band of orange with individual purple stitches.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket LidA2395

Circular wrapped twined lid with a central button handle. Central knob of mauve/black/yellow/pink/yellow/black; four "swastika" shapes in black; band of purple/yellow/pink/yellow/purple on sides.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2333

Plain twined work with turned in border. Design in false embroidery. "Floral" pattern in natural swamp grass and brown (dyed) cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1858 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) with a flat bottom, straight sides, and a fitted lid (b). Imagery of whales, whaling canoes, and birds on sides and lid in purple, orange, red green and yellow; bands of colour trim the edges. Sides: wrapped twining. Base and warp: checker work and twined weaving. Swamp grass overlay.

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