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Basketry3454/1 a-b

Basketry covered bottle (part a) with faded design of a whale and whalers in a boat around middle. Above and below the whaling scene is a single red line with half circles repeating through it. There are bands of faded black with repeating red dashes through the centre. On the shoulder of the bottle is an extremely faded black design. The base has various sizes of plant fibres used, and an oval design in bright yellow, outlined in black. Removable basketry lid (part b) has two red dotted lines around the side and a red circle on the top with a faded black spiral design within.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar root ? and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry3369/1

Tall bottle covered with a woven basketry sleeve and cap. The bottom of the bottle is bulbous, with a thin tall neck. Weaving alternates between sections of loose and tight weaves. Tight weave is decorated with small birds in faded green and a large wolf(?), and a thunderbird with a snake in its talons.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3355/1 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (part a) with a flat fitted lid (part b). The basket itself is a natural grass colour. Around the base of the basket and rim of the lid is a taupe/bright orange/taupe band, which also forms a circle in the centre of the lid. At mid-point, basket has two rows of offset faded taupe rhomboid/diamond patterns. Midpoint on the lid is a row of faded orange rhomboid/diamond designs.

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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Basket3355/2 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Near the base of the basket and around rim of the lid is a band of taupe, natural and bright orange in sections of three. Both the bottom edge and lid edge are marked with black and natural repeating. At mid-point, basket has one green and one dark purple reptile-like creature with grey and orange diamond pattern between. Midpoint on the lid decorated with alternating faded orange and black diamond designs, around the small raised section at centre. Heavily faded. The basket itself is a natural grass colour.

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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Basket3259/40 a-b

Basket with lid. Small round basket is tightly woven in an even weave, with images of large whales in black and green chased by people in two boats, one hefting a harpoon. Basket is decorated with encircling lines at bottom in red, yellow and black, and at top in bright pink. Lid (part b) has images of water fowl in red and grey circling the pointed centre which has decoration in green and yellow. A line of grey and pink circles the edge of the lid, while a set of lines matching those on the bottom of the basket sit at the lip.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
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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Basket3259/41 a-b

Basket with lid. Small oblong basket is tightly woven in an even weave, with a line of encircling images showing two large whales with a pair of pink birds to the side, and two boats with three sailors each on the opposite side. Dashes of pink and green circle the top of the basket and a line of green around the bottom. The lid (part b) shows two large birds to either side of the raised centre, surrounded by a pink and black line.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
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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Button3261/10

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button3261/9

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lidded Basket2017-113/5

The dark blue is red, orange, and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, raffia, sedge grass, grass, swamp grass and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Lidded Basket2017-106/6

The dark blue is dark purple, pink, purple, maroon, green, and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, cat-tail grass, sedge grass, grass, swamp grass, dye and raffia
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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