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BasketA8781

Oval-shaped swamp grass basket (a) with lid (b). Sides: bottom and top rim has a band of purple/red/purple. Central ribbon of purple squares connected with purple line on yellow ground. Lid: orange border and same central band as basket, with inner strip of turquoise at origin. Base: centre is plaited; plain twined weaving (over several warp strands). Sides: twisted twined work. Lid has flange to hold it in place.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8495 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b). Sides of basket and lid feature encircling and/or concentric bands of colour and linear patterning in red and black; black circle in centre of lid. Base has a plaited origin and three-strand twilled outer edge. Sides are wrapped twined weaving with design woven in.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8494

Swamp grass covered glass vase. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork wicker weave. Two floral bands (quite faded) of green foliage with red flowers.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye, glass and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8493

Flaring, clear glass vase with a bulbous base entirely covered with a woven swamp grass sleeve. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork, wider weave. Two floral bands with green foliage pattern (in arrow design) and red flower, with other triangular bands in yellow and purple at top and bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass, glass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8492

Swamp grass-covered glass vase. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork wicker weave. Two floral bands with red and purple flowers and green leaves in between openwork bands top and bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, glass, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8491

Swamp grass covered glass vase. Sides: wrapped twined weaving and crossed-warp plaited openwork. Base: plain twined weaving with checker work weave in center. Two floral bands between the three openwork sections.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, 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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BasketA9359

Small cylindrical basket with a wave motif and several animal figures in purple and red: three birds, a whale and a dog-like figure. Wrapped twined weaving on sides and base; folded warp rim.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8995

Oblong spruce root basket; base - mixed twined work; sides - plain twined weave with false embroidered design. Two discrete designs on either side; geometric pattern formed around two concentric diamonds.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and swamp grass
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8992

Open spruce root basket; fine twined work; braided border; embroidered design. Two ribbons of pattern in yellow on black ground bordered by red; in the centre is a stepped design in squares of yellow/green/yellow on a red ground bordered by black.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye, swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8860

Swamp grass covered glass jar. Plain bands of colour top and bottom with two interior bands of green twined with red. Inside this are a row of purple birds along the top, a row of purple whales in the centre, and a row of alternating two-man canoes (one of which has line to whale) and ducks along the bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, 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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