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BasketA2.679

Basket with four sides that taper towards the base. The basket is woven in simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with an elongated watch-spring base construction, partial beading, and double horizontal rows of beading five rows apart in red and black.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarspoolA11659 c

Circular, stone ear ornament with a grooved circumference and a large, central hole.

Culture
Coast Salish: T'Sou-ke ?
Material
stone
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.418 a-b

Part (a) coiled cedar root basket (with bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbrication in three rows of alternating dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) diamond shapes. One forw of red cherry bark beading near base of basket. Part (b) Lid has slat flange. Imbricated design is two rows of dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail brass (?) triangles, with smaller design at top. rim is fully imbricated alternating in bands of red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?).

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd640

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; fully imbricated. The design from the bottom to top: diamond mesh pattern; sets of four vertical zigzaged lines; animal forms; diamonds; all in red on bullrush ground; two plain rows; horizontal zigzags in red on bullrush; string tie on the front. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
fibre, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.687 a-b

Basket of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and an overcast handle. Flange on the attached lid (part b). Basket is decorated with partial imbrication in discrete diagonal stripes that have zigzag shapes alternating in red chery bark and cat-tail grass, and black cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Lid has four cat-tail grass and red cherry bark stripes radiating from the centre. Two rawhide ties and one rawhide hinge.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin, dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1318

Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Bone barb secured with a twisted string. Has no leader.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood, abalone shell, fibre and bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA8349 a-qq

Forty three bone game sticks: one stick (part a) has three inscribed lines on the centre with an additional five inscribed lines near one end while a circular shell ? inlay is in between; a second stick (part b) has two inscribed lines with one at either end; a third stick (part c) has one inscribed line on the centre; thirty nine sticks (parts d-pp) have three inscribed lines on the centre of each stick; and another stick (part qq) is plain.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
bone ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA8360

Bird's head in centre with two smaller heads above and below it. Painted blue, red and black, inlaid with abalone shell. Eyes inlaid with pierced metal discs over abalone.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, steel metal, copper metal and abalone shell
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8361

Small face with large recurved nose. Nose raised by adding extra piece of wood. Five small extensions radiate from head. Colours are red, green, black and white.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, paint and metal
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spinning WheelA8186 a-c

Carved, wooden spinning wheel. Part a is the handle and three pronged piece that slides through the middle hole of the spool (part c). These two parts, together, sit on top of upright end mounts attached to a rectangular base (part b).

Culture
Coast Salish: Saanich
Material
wood
Made in
Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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