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Storage BasketA8454

Storage basket with foot on base, and handles. The basket is made with a cedar root splint foundation and coiled cedar root. It is decorated with imbrication in cat-tail grass as well as red and black cherry bark. Cedar root slats for flange and foot. Slat foot and top edge of coil trimmed with black and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass imbrication. The design consists of vertical bands of black triangles on off-white with red borders on the sides, and groups of five black squares assembled in lines on the top of the lid with a row of groups of two black squares at either end. One row of beading along top edge and bottom foot. The lid currently on the basket may not be original to this basket? (Lid # A6708).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye, fibre and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8453

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with short foot and two loop handles on each long side formed from coiled rows. Elongated watch-spring construction. Imbricated vertical bands, two on short sides, three on long, alternating in red or dark cherry bark with a cat-tail grass (?) zig-zag through center. Foot has intervals of double stitches in red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA4260

Bird shaped dish with recessed bowl. Painted in black and red. Head of bird has black speckles and protruding red tongue. Painted face below bird head.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PiecesA3590 a-b

Two pieces (parts a-b) of small cylindrical sticks with string bound around the centre.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone ? and fibre
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PiecesA3589 a-b

Two pieces (parts a-b) of a cylindrical shape filled with wood while the outside is glued with hide around the centre.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
skin, wood and bone ?
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8145

Rectangular mat with woven pattern. The mat has bands of dark cedar through both the warp and weft. The bands intersect at regular intervals, creating a grid-like pattern. The edges are finished using a thick strip of cedar as the outermost strand and overcasting on a core of cedar. There is a weft dowel attached across one end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumA8136 a-b

Drum (a) and drumstick (b). Hide stretched over a circular wooden frame with four lengths of wire meeting at the centre back, bound with cloth. Stick has cloth covered head; handle is wrapped with leather and cord.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Pacheenaht
Material
skin, metal, fibre and wood
Made in
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8099

Painted grouse headdress with an attached protruding beak and a large opening under the beak. To either side of the opening are four carved sections, painted green, brown, white and red. The cheek area is green with three half circles along each side. The beak is brown. The eyes are white with round black centres and the area surrounding the eyes is red with a line of white dots. Two black arches extend over the eyes. There is a white band with red half circles and black dots at the top. Twigs visible above the headdress are attached to the back of the mask with fibre and wire. (Similar to A8100).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA8089

Iron point with two long barbs embedded in and riveted to a copper fore-shaft with twin barbs. The fore-shaft is bound with twine and attached to a thin rope (presumably the retrieval line). Detachable harpoon head.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
iron metal, fibre and copper metal
Made in
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffA8077

Carved wooden staff decorated with two figures. Lower figure is the angularly carved face of an old man with a full moustache and long beard, which curls three times around the stick. Amongst the beard curls are carved a mouse and a fly. The upper figure is a standing naked man holding a staff in front. Some carved sections are darkened for contrast. The entire stick is heavily shellacked.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
Alberni Canal, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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