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BasketNa1681 a-b

Coiled basket and lid with watch-spring base and lid construction. Button handle and flange on lid. Decoration is sewn on and consists of pieces of wool sewn on in tufts. Near the base is one horizontal row of red thread bordered by purple thread.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
wool fibre, fibre and rye grass
Made in
Nushagak, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd615

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; fully imbricated. The design consists of nine rows of staggered rectangles bordered on top by horizontal zigzag line, one straight line, two plain rows, ending with a horizontal zigzag around the rim. Cedar root splint foundation with coiled elements of cedar root; one rawhide tie; imbrication in red cherry bark and bullrush.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cherry bark, rawhide skin, cedar root and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeD3.180

Long canoe that is stitched together at each end and around the outer edge to create tapered ends and a wide opening. Bark on outer surface of canoe has been dyed reddish-brown to expose natural light-brown bark with alternating horizontal patterns of double lines and triangular-shaped designs.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK5.156

Necklace composed of four panels in identical chevron beaded patterns in red, pink, green and black. All panels are rimmed with red beads. There is a loop at one end of the rectangular panels and a cluster of beads on an opposite panel that fit together to secure the necklace.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltK5.155

Beads strung on string and wound around a rolled fabric tube. Beading consists of alternating sections of black and pink beads that are separated by smaller black and white striped sections. Fibre tassels are attached to both ends of the belt.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket LidA9017

Spruce root basket lid; plain twined work with twilled design on sides. Chevron twilled design on sides alternating with checkered brown and natural in between. Band on top alternates brown and natural with every warp strand (five rows wide).

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA9016

Swamp grass covered glass vase; wrapped twined weave with two bands of crossed-warp openwork (with no weft elements) and band of plain twined weave top and bottom. Complex bands top and bottom composed of several sub-bands with two central figures: bird on whale; canoe with five human figures inside. Colours used are red, purple, green, brown and orange.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8811

Cylindrical spruce root basket. Two dark twined woven bands. Twined and wider weaving; twined handles tied in and woven through the sides of the basket. Very fragile and somewhat damaged.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9014

Short urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches). Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of two staggered rows of diamonds in black cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9012

Coiled burden basket; simple interlocking coil work (bifurcated stitches) with vertical bands of imbrication. Plain overcast rim; parallel coiled work base. Several vertical bands of alternating black and red split diamond figures against white background. Bands on sides have red, black split diamonds. "Arrowhead" pattern. Buckskin loops. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
deer skin ?, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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