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Basket799/1 a-b

A small light brown bulging basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There are three equally spaced green, purple, and dark blue flying birds around the side of the basket (part a), which has five horizontal rows of blue, yellow, orange, yellow, and blue around its base. The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) has a small blue knob from which emanates a blue, green, and orange swirl design outlined with blue dots. There are three horizontal rows of blue, yellow, and blue around the side of the lid (part b).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Tray799/2

A large coiled oval basketry tray with two handles flared upward at an angle at either end. There is a pattern of two alternating oval lines of red and light brown rectangles and of black and light brown rectangles.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
wood ?, root ? and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressNb22.84

Helmet-style sea lion(?) headdress, with rounded head and flattened snout. Blue head with red around blue nostrils, in open mouth, scribbled below curved eyebrow bands and in crescent shapes on each side of snout and below mouth. Copper discs in eyes, nailed at centre and outlined in relief oval-shape. Open under mouth. Head is 2 pieces nailed together. Series of holes on top of snout, each side. Five holes (for teeth) on lower portion of mouth. Numerous scrapes on top and sides of head. Chip on mouth.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
paint, metal, copper metal and cedar wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNb646

Red-brown wood bow, semi-circular in cross-section with constrictions at the ends and the centre. From the narrow middle, the bow bulges outward and then tapers at the ends. Relatively flat surface has central ridged channel, slightly convex to each side. The other side is rounded. Triple notched on one end while the opposite end is broken on an angle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
yew wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trade BeadsNb645

Approximately nine hundred and fifty round, translucent red glass beads with opaque, white centres; strung in a large circle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre and glass
Made in
Europe ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trade BeadsNb644

One hundred and twenty round, translucent red glass beads with opaque, white centres; thirty-nine translucent blue cylindrical, hexagonal, double chamfered glass cut beads; one round opaque black glass seed bead. (Strung on plastic string.)

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
glass
Made in
Europe ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb643

Originally round, plaited basket with wrapped, twined, and twisted detail at the rim. Plain plaited bottom in larger elements than the sides. Row of twining at the juncture of the bottom and the sides. Base elements are split in two to form warps for the sides. Sides have double horizontal rows of checker work in alternating red-brown and dark brown with three plain rows between. At the top, there is a row of dark brown twining, then open work where each warp is split in two and twisted, then four rows of twining, next bundled elements are wrapped in dark brown, and finished with three strand twisted elements at the rim.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz797

Open, handbag-style, rectangular coiled basket of cedar root with cedar slat foundation and sides. Handle is braided across top of loop work and at rim of basket on short sides. Three rows of wrapped looping below semi-circular handles. Looping is two rows of continuous triangle shapes and a bottom row of looped curls. Beaded and imbricated decoration on sides includes three rows of undyed light brown grass checkerboard design over top and bottom coiled rows. Stylized butterfly-like motif on each end and repeated twice on each side. Each butterfly has four 'wings' of cherry bark beading; each wing is three rows of over one, under one, over two, under one, and over one. Between the wings, top and bottom is one imbrication section of cherry bark and at the centre of the wings is two cherry bark with a grass imbrication element between.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
grass, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksNb642 a-m

Set of cylindrical gambling sticks with knobs on each end. (a) has three evenly spaced red lines around the circumference, at centre, crossed by a dark stain and three dark spots on one side. (b) has three evenly spaced thin black lines at centre and spots to one side. (c) has three evenly spaced red lines, a black line at one side and several spots at opposite end. One spot towards lines side. (d) has a black, red, then black line towards one end. (e) has three closely spaced thin black lines to one side; dark stains on this end. (f) has four red lines near centre; (g) has three black lines at centre with a black and a red shadow-like stains diagonally across centre; (h) has three faint red lines, evenly spaced at centre; (i) is stained red on one end with a black line towards centre and a shadowy black stain diagonally around centre. (j) has three red line near centre, a fourth red line near red stained end. Two white paint spots at this end. (k) has three red lines evenly spaced at centre and two black lines to one side. Stains near centre and white paint spots to one end. (l) has five spaced lines from centre, the outer two are thicker. (m) is undecorated.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
pigment and maple wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz796

Rectangular coiled basket of cedar root with cedar slat foundation and sides. Raised foot runs flush with sides. Single semi-circular wrapped handle across centre splits in two on both sides and loops through loops at plain rim. Beaded decoration on outer surface includes three bands of three rows of green dyed grass covering one coiled row, in a stepped design of over two and under one. These bands are spaced below the rim, and have two plain coiled rows between second and third bands. Foot has pink dyed grass band as wide as coiling, in a pattern of over one, under one, over one, under one, over three, under one, over one, and under one in evenly spaced segments with plain coiling intervening.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
cedar wood, grass, dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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