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BasketNb11.332

Rectangular, handbag-like carrying basket with twisted cedar handles attached to the upper rim opposite each other. Base is cedar bark checker work overlaid with grass; two wide cedar bark bands; grass faced wrapped twining band in the middle with designs in light red, orange, purple and green of canoe, whale, birds and geometric floral motifs.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.331 a-b

Rectangular, green glass bottle with bulbous bottom, squared middle, bulbous top and slender cylindrical neck; bottle is entirely covered with a woven basketry sleeve (a) and cap (b). Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining and central checker work. Geometric design around bulbous bottom and top; four dark blue birds between dark blue and purple bands and eight purple parallelograms on squared middle. Two purple birds between parallelograms on neck. Tightly fitting lid with purple sunburst design.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.330

Flat-based, rounded jar with tapering neck and flared lip (a) covered in a woven grass sleeve; round woven lid (b) with knob handle in the centre attached to jar with brown thread. Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining with central checker work. Design of six concentric bands of linear patterning with various colour combinations: orange, green, purple, and red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cotton fibre, dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.329

Rectangular, tapered, basketry covered bottle with a tall, slender neck. The basketry is of very fine wrapped twined grass and cedar bark, with a plain twined base with central checker work. Design is six sets of concentric bands in purple, light yellow-brown and green. One wide band around top of neck is brown. Design has faded on neck and top of bottle. Stopper has crown-like metal top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar bark, dye, cork bark and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket LidNb11.328

Circular basket lid with a red knob handle in the centre. Round wrapped twined lid with hollow faded red knob which is attached only by one unravelled strand. Design is of two bands of faded purple, yellow and purple on outside edge and around knob area. Two faded purple whales between bands. Solid red band around knob.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin RingNb11.327

Napkin ring of wrapped twined grass. Two bands of purple around both ends and a purple geometric design around the middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatNb11.326

Round wrapped twined mat with a faded purple edge and a central dark red pinwheel design in a clockwise direction. Between the central design and the edge, there are two bird figures with outspread wings, each clutching a narrow semi-circle thickened at each end. Birds are faded purple with faded orange design through the body. Semi-circles are faded red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.325 a-b

Short, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat shoulder and a flat, fitted circular lid (b). Cedar bark flange of looped cedar bark warp strands. Sides are grass faced wrapped twining. Base is plain with central checker work. Design consists of geometric motif on a wide purple band around the middle of the basket. Bands at top and bottom of basket: two purple, one yellow, one green, one yellow, one purple. Small purple twined stitches form two rows of double dots above and below last band of purple on top and bottom. Round wrapped twined lid with dark blue geometric design around purple centre. Bands around rim of lid: two red-orange, one yellow, one green, one yellow, and two orange.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.324

Round basket with twined grass rim and flat bottom. Sides are wrapped twined, grass faced. Base is plain twined with central checker work. Design consists of two purple whales with two bands of purple at top and bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.323 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with a convex, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar bark flange of looped warp strands attached around the upper rim of the basket. Design has geometric motif of twelve dark blue parallelograms around the middle with two bands of red and purple at bottom. Lid has a design of red and dark blue geometric motifs and a thin, wrapped handle of orange and green.

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