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Basketry LidD1.458

Basketry lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel splint construction and a flange. Two rows of continuous beading in red around rim; parallel beading alternating in cherry bark and crabapple bark with each slat.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, crabapple bark and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.201

Brown birch bark basket with a circular top and a square bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; two decorative bands of crabapple beading are featured along the rim, alternating with two open cross-stitched segments.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
birch bark, cedar root and crabapple bark
Made in
Morristown, Nova Scotia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sala gamiilga gaax ganou2641/1

"The Raven Dances with Frogs" robe. Hand-woven chilkat style child's robe, shaped like a horizontal rectangle on three sides, with the lower edge curving downward to the centre. Long warp fringes of brown and white yarn along the lower edge tapered to be the longest at the centre, with supplementary fringes of white yarn. Main panel is composed of complex formline design in black, white, yellow, and turquoise, outlined in narrow black and white braids, a wide surround of yellow, another band of braids, and an outer surround in black. Double band of braids of brown and white yarn at each side, ending in four bands of wrapped yarn, two black alternating with two yellow. The main panel has a rectangular human-like face at the centre front, above which are two yellow eye forms containing frog faces. Below the rectangular form are two inverted eye forms, beside which are feet with claws. Above these on each side are two more eye forms in yellow. At the midpoint of each side edge is a rectangular profile human-like face looking inwards towards the centre. Throughout the robe the braid outlining is raised from the finely-woven surface, making it three-dimensional. Only the major designs show on the reverse, not the braids.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin, sheep wool fibre, yellow cedar bark, dye, nylon fibre and wax
Made in
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6271

Carved wooden mask depicting Dzunuk'wa. The humanoid face has a protruding forehead, recessed closed eyes, flattened nose and pursed lips. The mask is painted black with orange eye sockets and red nostrils and lips. The hair is reddish brown and pegged in strands at top of head.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood and human hair
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1492

Carved canoe paddle. Elaborate design painted in red and black on the blade, on both sides. Entire paddle heavily shellacked.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?
Material
yellow cedar wood, lacquer and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4223

Yellow-brown double reed whistle that is rectangular in cross section and bound in three sections with brown twine, two near each end and one near the middle. While one end is painted blue and tapers to a flat point, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole nearby at either side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and yellow cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4219

Yellow-brown wood whistle that is circular in cross section and is bound in two places with brown string, one near the wide end and one near the middle. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby at one side. Wedge shaped piece, carved to accommodate two other whistles which are missing.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA4199

Light brown wood triple whistle made of three single whistles of equal length bound together by brown string. All three pieces are octagonal in cross section. All three pieces come to a tapering end and are bound in three places with brown string, one near each of the ends and one near the middle (bound across all three around the middle and the tapering ends). While the wider end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (three in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut rectangular hole (three in total) nearby on one side. Lower portions are painted navy blue as is the string binding at that end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, yellow cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal BowlA407 a-b

Wooden lidded bowl. Seal figure with a cavity in the top of its back (a) and a lid (b) in a convex oval shape with an eagle figure, its wings extended, perched at the top centre of the lid. The seal figure is painted with black and pink on the body, black and pink flippers, pink lips and tongue, a black nose, pink nostrils, and blue around the eyes. The eagle figure has a painted black body and wings.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
yellow cedar wood, paint and adhesive
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8989 a-b

Coiled basket (part a) with handles, lid (part b), and woven carrying strap (part c). Made of simple coiled work (with bifurcated stitches); parallel splint foundation; foot is beaded. Partially imbricated: diamond designs in red, black and light yellow, with smaller diamonds at each point of the larger diamond; pattern carries over onto lid. Foot is beaded in crabapple bark. Remaining handle (three coiled rows) is imbricated in alternating four stitches of red cherry and four of black. Carrying strap is diagonally plaited and braided cedar bark.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
grass, crabapple bark, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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