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Whistle1768/95

Carved, wooden whistle bound by sting at mouthpiece, base and top. Oval opening in mouthpiece and square hole on base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood and cotton fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1768/126

Square based birch bark container with oval top. Stitched design at top rim. Top has overlapping around edge and a stitched zigzag pattern below it. Sides have various knots in back. Ends overlapped and sewn. Top rim was dyed, but colour has almost faded away.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark, dye and root ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1719

A square based birch bark container with round rim. The sides are sewn together in overlapping panels with root. The top is bound with overlapping stitches and there is a skin handle. There are three flowers painted on one side, one flower and two leaves on the other.

Culture
Ojibwa ?
Material
birch bark, root, paint ? and skin
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1768/124

A cup-shaped twined basket with a wrapped rim. Coloured parallelogram shapes around rim and base. Geometric design around middle. Base reinforced with a circle of cardboard stitched to basketry.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, dye, cotton fibre and paper
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button Blanket1768/93

Button blanket made of black wool with a red stroud wool border along the top and sides and an applique bear design flanked by two Wasgo-like figures in red wool filling the central area. The design is accentuated with off-white shell and plastic buttons. Two buttons and loops are attached to each side of the centre top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wool fibre, plastic, cotton fibre, shell and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum1768/92 a-b

Circular drum with wooden frame. Skin attached to frame by thonging threaded through holes around outer edge. Six tension bands inside, all attached to small central block of wood. Painting of dogfish in centre. Part b is a drumstick: handle tapering toward padded head which is held in place by a leather thong wound around it.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
rawhide skin, wood, paint and leather skin
Made in
Nitinaht, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Tray1768/119

Coiled, round basketry tray with handles. Beading design around outer edge, alternating between red and black. Rim coiled near handles and wrapped otherwise. Four chevron designs inside, in black and red, surrounded by a vertical pattern in the same colours.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cedar wood and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd710

Basket with a woven rectangular base widening to an open top. An umbricated geometric design on the upper part of the body. One band each of red-brown and black-brown create the design.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
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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Basket1768/117

Woven, coiled, rectangular basket. Sides taper down to a smaller base. Imbricated, horizontal designs on front, back and sides.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pattern BasketNb11.377

An open twined pattern basket with an overstitched rim. The body of the basket is covered in patterns of birds, ducks, whales, boats with figures in them, and a small animal (squirrel ?) in purple, red, green and pink. Bottom of basket has square of plain plaiting with two row twilling; top edge is twined.

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