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BasketA3164 a-b

Sides have three horizontal bands of alternating brown and plain squares. Base and lid have two circular bands of the same pattern and button handle on lid is brown. Plain twined weave with design elements in dyed weft strands. Knob handle of lid rattles.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3165

Rectangular handbag-like basket with two multicoloured braided handles attached along the upper rim opposite each other. Repeated bird and linear motifs around the sides in green, red, purple and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3170 a-b

Small, oval-shaped basket with a flat, fitted lid (b). Along base of basket and along side of lid is a band of purple/pink/purple. Central band on basket is a line of zigzag in purple flanked by purple lines. In centre of lid is a pink oval bordered by purple. Base has a plaited origin and plain twining over wide warp strands. Sides are twisted twined work.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3172

Pot shaped basket on three legs. Plain twined weave, with basket shaped by progressive division and regrouping of warp strands, and with four rows of three strand twined weave spaced at intervals.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3173

Basket with curved sides and two horizontal bands of concentric rectangles in red/yellow and yellow/red (alternating) on horizontal bands of black/red/black/red/black. Base - mixed twined work (plain twined alternating with wicker weave). Sides are plain twined. False and true embroidery.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, grass and aniline dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3176

Narrow, rectangular woven handbag-like basket with twined cord handles attached along the upper rim opposite each other. Dyed designs of two bands of alternating natural and purple oblique blocks with green horizontal lines on alternate natural blocks; blue lines top and bottom. Plaited base and wrapped twined weaving on sides.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3177 a-b

Twined grass basket with lid. Decorated with ambiguous figures, perhaps flowers, in grid pattern along the sides and lid. Divided warp twined weave (also called hemstitching) with wool yarn overlay. Colours: pale blue, green, orange, red, brown.

Culture
Aleut
Material
sea grass and wool fibre
Made in
Unalaska, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3179

Cylindrical woven basket with three horizontal brown bands--each five rows wide--around the sides. Twined with braided border.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
Metlakatla, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3180

Cylindrical woven basket with a flat bottom and a raised diamond pattern woven around the rim. Three dark blue bands painted around the sides. Double-strand twined weaving with mixed twined weaving (diagonal twilled design or 'skip stitch') along top border of basket. Painted bands. Twilled band along base.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
paint and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3181 a-b

Twined circular basket (a) with a flat bottom and a fitted lid (b). The base is a mixed twined weave (plain twined alternating with wicker weave), sides and lid have a pattern in green (three bands). Circular hole in centre of lid.

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