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BasketNa706

Birch bark container body made from a single piece of bark cut and sewn to shape; flat, square bottom, tapering to a circular mouth at top. Round lid with small raised handle. Strip of animal hide, with rectangular cut-outs is attached to body as handle. Wooden hoop stitched to top of mouth. Stitched with split root or basswood fibre.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, skin, root ? and fibre ?
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd593 a-b

Round coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid (b). Watch-spring coiled bottom. Imbricated geometric design on a and b, of hexagons joined by horizontal band, in dark and red cherry bark with grass in between. Lid has raised knob and flat cedar slat construction on lower edge. One row of cherry bark beaded on bottom.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
grass, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd592

Heart-shaped coiled basket; watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of five hearts around outside with a double outline in red and black cherry bark.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau” ?
Material
cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd591

Octagon, coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) , slat bottom and wrapped loop rim. Imbricated butterfly design on 4 sides or dark and red cherry bark, and very faded diamond motif on 4 other sides in cherry bark.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau” ?
Material
cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz709 a-b

Oval, coiled basket (part a) with lid (part b). Slat bottom on the sides and the lid. Lid (part b) has a handle in the centre and two rows of red and black cherry bark in a beaded design. Basket body (part a) and lower edge of the lid (part b) have continuous bands of white grass beading around the circumference. Each band is composed of three narrow strips.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz708

Rectangular, coiled basket with rounded corners, slat bottom and sides, and a wrapped loom rim. V-shaped imbricated design on each of the four sides, extending from the top to the bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz707 a-b

Rectangular, coiled cedar root basket (a) with rounded corners, flaring out from bottom. Flat-topped lid (b) with slat foundation, slat bottom and sides. Raised slat rim. Same major design repeated on four sides, possibly a butterfly. Triple outline in red, black and white imbrication. Lid design of four horizontal rows of h-shapes, alternating black and white with red and white.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, cherry bark, grass and cedar root
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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