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BasketA479

Round, basket with alternating wide plaited and thin twined weft. Rim has darker bark coiled and knotted around it. Twined weft may have once been red.

Culture
Haida
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA488

Cylindrical shaped basket that tapers slightly towards the base. Tight woven strands. Thick patterned strands near top. Four bands of faded black around perimeter.

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
cedar root ? and dye
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6521 a-b

Oval-shaped woven basket with two bands of arrow design in light blue and natural plant fibre on side, and abstract geometric design on lid with triangles around outer edge. Underside of base has concentric ovals in dark blue and grey with brown arcs at ends of the basket.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
plant fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3129

Basket with two plaited rows alternating with one row of crossed warp strands (openwork). Braided rim.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3130

Basket with a base formed by thick reinforced cedar strips and sides formed by cross-warp openwork plaited weaving. The rim is one coil overcast stitch with a splint foundation.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Root BasketA3136

Central band - "meander" pattern in purple bordered by red. Handle is natural and purple in a 1:1 ratio. Plain twined work; braided border; overcast handle; false embroidery.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3139 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a conical lid (b) and multicoloured figurative designs. Sides: four central figures in purple and red, two of which are lizard-like creatures with red eyes, elongated eyes and spots. Lid: canoes and birds with green and yellow central design. Multicoloured linear bands around bottom edge of both basket and lid. Wrapped, twined weaving.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3149

Two darker bands woven in with horizontal alternating bands and triangles, chevron figures between bands in orange and white "false embroidery". Twined weave with "false embroidery" (overlaid twined weave).

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3161

Construction consists of two separate pouches on a long back piece which folds over and covers. Design consists of horizontal bands where each of the bands is proceeded by a change in weave. Plaited checker work, loose twine weave and openwork "eyehole" weave - crossed-warp twined. Colours include green and natural browns.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3162 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with fitted, concave lid (b). Close, two-strand, plain twined weave. Decorated with four narrow woven bands of green on sides and three concentric bands on lid.

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