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MatD3.18

Brown, oval-shaped birch bark mat with red, green, yellow and white quill decoration in the centre. Two bands of sweet grass coils with a single band of zigzagging open work between them--all sewn with black thread--encircle the central birch panel.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
sweet grass, birch bark, cotton fibre and porcupine quill
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.21 a-b

Oval-shaped birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid. Top of lid and sides of basket are entirely covered with multicoloured quillwork--a geometric design on the lid and a zigzagging pattern around the sides. Sides of the lid are made of thin, dark brown strips of willow interwoven with flattened, white quills to create a checkered geometric pattern. Bottom of basket is made from a wooden panel nailed to the birch bark sides

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, willow wood, dye, metal and sweet grass ?
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.22 a-b

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom, straight, vertical sides and a flat lid that is attached to the basket with ties on one side--two loops to be tied together with string are on the opposite side of the lid and top of the basket. Three concentric circles of black, red, and gold enameled willow ring the lid, while three similar bands encircle the sides of the basket.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
reed grass, willow wood, paint, lacquer ? and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.188 a-b

Acorn-shaped, brown woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). Lid is woven with a thick band of small, curled protrusions along the rim to emulate the rough top of an acorn; lid also has a small loop attached at the centre. A thick band of a lighter grass-like material is woven near the top rim of the basket.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
willow wood ? or grass ?
Made in
Nova Scotia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtA4143

Skirt with a sash of twined cedar bark from which the warp strands hang down loose like a fringe to form the skirt. A hide strap is secured on either side of the skirt. Painted (?) with vertical bands of red.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark, skin and paint ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Root-Digging BagA9366

Cylindrical basketry bag with leather sewn to rim. The rim also has leather ties attached on one side and a cotton string looped through the top of the basket on the opposite side. Cotton string is used for the wefts at the base, but a natural fibre is used for the main body of the basket and for the warps. Some of the warps are dyed a dark brown, but most of them are a yellowish brown colour. The body of the basket is completely decorated with designs, in dark brown, which are arranged in vertical columns. Some of them represent butterflies, quadraped animals (dogs ?), fish, and diamonds.

Culture
Wasco
Material
nettle fibre, cotton fibre, leather skin and dye
Made in
Washington, USA ? or Oregon, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9364

Rounded basket that has a design of wide, dark brown vertical stripes and an "arrow head" design on a light yellow-brown background. Horizontal, two-toned brown around the rim.

Culture
Yurok
Material
willow wood and grass
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9363

Twined, rounded spruce root basket with loops on the rim and an expansive stepped design.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
spruce root and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierA8816

Red and tan coiled cedar root basketry cradle. The rim is beaded in black cherry bark (1:1 ratio). The first four slat rows are beaded with four rows, the first in black cherry bark and the next three in cat-tail grass (2:1 ratio) over varying parts of the basket. Twelve small imbricated panels in one of two basic patterns. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat construction and an overcast rim. There are three holes, one made at the shorter end and two side-by-side on the bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketAb301 a-b

Slightly boat-shaped rectangular basket box (part a) with a lid (part b) made of palm leaf overlaid with stiff woven grass of both dark brown and cream colour. Pattern resulting is a series of interlocking diamonds and zigzags. The base of both the basket and lid are a solid piece of wood sewn into the basket with fibre. The basket and lid have slightly convex long sides. The basket (part a) has two slats bound for the rim which are separated from the main design by a horizontal, black, braided edge. Main design consists of five lozenge patterns around the sides bofdered by counter-clock-wise pointing diagonal lines in dark and light brown. The lid (part b) has a longitudinal lozenge-patterned band with perpendicular zig zags at either side while the sides have a vertical zig zag pattern and are eded with black braids.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, rattan, grass and palm leaf
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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