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BasketNa1167

Oval shaped birch bark container with tapered, almost square base; sides flare outwards. Rim reinforced with a bent twig lashed with spruce root. Stitched together at narrower sides with spruce root. Dark inner bark on the outside of the container has been scraped away in places to form a design of lighter colour. Design consists of two horizontal bands, each band consists of five scraped rows; two outer rows with triangular motif extending outwards, three inner rows straight and narrow. Note: bottom band on one side has only two inner rows. Rim has seven to eight wraps of green coloured spruce root at endpoints and two to three wraps of red coloured spruce root divided by two wraps of natural spruce root at midpoints.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
dye, wood, spruce root and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1166

Oval shaped birch bark basket at rim tapering to a square base. Decorative design covers entire exterior surface, except bottom. Design consists of a series of three horizontal repeated motifs of alternating dark brown waves and lines with light brown scraped waves and lines. The sewn side seams form an inverted "y" shape. Seams secured by spruce root stitches. Red and yellow fibre is woven through top of lashed rim--only traces remain.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
wood, spruce root, birch bark, dye ? and fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1165

Oval birch bark basket with square base. Body of basket is stitched together at the two ends with spruce root. Stitches seen on both interior and exterior. Decoration is scraped on side. Pattern consists of three stripes bordered by bands having triangles side by side pointing out. The pattern is repeated seven times around body of basket. Rim is of wood lashed to basket walls by spruce root. Four 7 cm sections of rim are decorated with red cedar bark (?) strands woven in plain checker. Between decorated sections, wood is covered with dark brown red cedar bark (?) lashed on with spruce root in "x" patterns; three sections have three "x"s each and the fourth section has four "x"s, two broken.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
cedar bark ?, wood, spruce root, birch bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1419 a-b

Figure carrying seal on his back (a) is pegged to a flat topped, irregularly-shaped stand (b). Figure has hunched shoulders and has his rimmed parka hood up. The figure also has a broad triangular nose, as well as crescent-shaped eyes and mouth. The tail of the seal is behind the figure's head and he is holding the seal with his right arm bent up and back. His upper body is turned on an angle from his legs.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and stone
Made in
Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz697 a-b

Rectangular carrying basket and lid (part b), and handles. Slat base construction with split cedar root sewn around it, in coiled technique. Basket has red cherry bark and light-coloured grass imbrication of a downward pointing arrow design on all four sides, two on each long side and one at each short end. Beading in red cherry bark on the foot of the basket. Lid top and sides are beaded with red cherry bark and an outward pointing arrow at either side of the top.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trinket BasketNbz696

Coiled cedar root basket with flaring cylindrical shape. Has single, coil loop at the base of the basket and double interlocked coil at the rim. Slat foundation base as well as slat coil foundation for the body of the basket. Beading in red and black cherry bark and light coloured grass.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark and bear grass
Made in
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz694

Oval, coiled, slat foundation carrying basket. Rim is single coiled and beaded with red cherry bark. Two coiled handles of cedar root foundation are attached to loops in the rim. Body of the basket is decorated with alternating red and black cherry bark with white grass (cat-tail) in eight vertical imbricated bands. Very finely woven.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, grass, cedar wood and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz693

Oval basket with hide straps. Coiled, slat foundation carrying basket. Rim is braided and has two long hide handles. Red cherry bark beading in horizontal bands around the basket. Imbrication drops in black cherry bark decorate the foot of the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
rawhide skin, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flower BasketNbz692

Small round basket with a coiled slat foundation. Rim has two loops and braided cedar bark as decoration. Red cherry bark beading in three horizontal bands decorate the body of the basket with broken up horizontal beading around the foot of the basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1164

Oval, birch bark basket with squared bottom. Body of basket stitched together at two points with spruce root. Decoration is scraped into bark. Rim reinforced with wood and lashed to body with spruce root, and four pieces of fabric. Two pieces are blue (4 cm and 4.4 cm long) and two are red (4 cm and 4.2 cm long). Fabric is secured by crossed pieces of spruce root on each end. Beneath lashing on rim are remains of pink and purple yarn (?). There are two bands of decoration, about two cm apart, scraped into bark of body. Each band consists of three thin lines. Top lines in both bands have triangles side by side, bases about 1.2 cm - 1.5 cm apart, pointing up. Bottom lines have triangles pointing down. Centre lines have no pattern on them.

Culture
Gitxsan ?
Material
birch bark, cellulose, wood and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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