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BasketA4073

Rounded plain natural-coloured woven basket. Main design consists of a horizontal dark brown band around the central portion. Rim is coiled.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
pine root
Made in
Gray's Harbour, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4080 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) and fitted lid (b) woven with swamp grass. Base is done with plain twined weaving over wide warp. Side has wrapped twined weave. Decorated with a series of three bands, one with double dotted band in center. Lid has one band of the above type and a large solid circle in the center.

Culture
Makah
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and aniline dye
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5134 a-b

Woven basket with lid. Base - mixed twined work (plain twining alternating with wicker weave). Sides - plain twined with embroidered and false embroidered design. Multi-coloured shapes (green, orange, red, yellow, maroon) around central part of basket and around edge of lid, bordered by dark brown and connected with upper and lower strips of light brown. Central portion of lid has a stepped design and a circle of orange.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, aniline dye and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5136

Plain twined weave basket with twilled weave chevrons; fibre loop through rim. Decorated with two red and one blue band with zigzag twill design around each of the red bands, going clockwise and counter-clockwise.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
bear grass, dye, pine root and fibre
Made in
Gray's Harbour, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5200

Brown, rectangular woven basket with loopwork around the upper rim. Dark brown on light brown geometric patterning around the sides.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5201

Dark brown twined basket woven in a white fibre to create a geometric pattern. Basket has loops of nettle fibre sewn around the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
dye and nettle fibre
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5202 a-b

Short, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Sides of basket and top of lid are decorated with encircling/concentric multicoloured bands of patterning in red, black, green, yellow

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5204

Large flared oval coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) basket with tumpline attached. Elongated watch-spring base construction, cross-stitch on rim. Zig-zag stepped design in black with 'bear' grass outline (2 rows in phase) with small grass cross shapes creating a diagonal line down each strip. Tumpline is braided and knotted, but not near center where is woven on one side with blue and red fibre. Ties at front near rim.

Culture
Klickitat
Material
cedar root, dye, bear grass, cherry bark, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5220

Twined, rounded basket with twisted loops on the rim. False embroidery. Design consists of vertical zigzags imposed on vertical stripes.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd648

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; partial imbrication. The design from bottom to top: animal and lined figures in red on bullrush; two rows of opposing chevrons divided by three vertical stripes and one horizontal bullrush stripe in bullrush on plain background; row of animal figures; sets of three vertical stripes in red on bullrush around rim; base is beaded in bullrush. Eight rawhide ties. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
spruce root ?, rawhide skin, grass, bark and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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