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Basketry HatA8346

Basketry hat with plain twined weaving (very coarse weave). Hat has a folded warp border anchored by one twined row. No inner head support. No applied or twilled woven design.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar root ? or spruce root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.689

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square bottom. Birch bark is bent and laced into place. A twig splint around the rim is closely overcast for reinforcement, with several bands of crabapple (?) bark beaded in. Geometrical design is scratched on: two rows of scallops bordering chevron strip. Darker part of bark is to the outside. The overcasting is mainly thin strips of natural coloured root (?) with strips of black dyed root (five stitches wide) - two on ends and two on sides. Only the side portions of the natural root overcasting is beaded in a 1:1 ratio.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch root ?, dye, crabapple bark ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.692

Large birch bark basket. Birch bark bent and laced together with birch root. Birch twig around rim is overcast with dyed root. Design is scratched on. Design on side one: vertical stripes of triangles on lines. Side two: vertical strips filled with oblique strokes bordered by triangles. Rim is overcast with dyed root (?). Dark part of bark is to the outside.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
dye, birch root ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd643

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction with one row of reinforcement; fully imbricated. The design from base to cedar splint are alternating rows of zigzags connected to triangles; three rows of staggered triangles along rim; all in red on bullrush background. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cotton fibre, fibre and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd620

Coiled burden basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; fully imbricated. The design consists of eight rows of staggered red squares; above splint are triangular shapes; all on bullrush background.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and plant fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd650

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; fully imbricated. The base has been mended by re-weaving.The design from the bottom to top consists of a pairs of vertical stripes staggered and bordered by horizontal lines; alternating rows of shapes connected to zigzags giving a diamond effect; a row of discrete animal figures; concentric squares connected to three diamonds by a horizontal line; all in red on bullrush background. Two rawhide and two fabric ties. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd641

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; rim is overcast in bird quill: fully imbricated. The design consists of vertical stepped zigzag design in red on bullrush ground. Base is partially beaded in bullrush. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, bird quill, rawhide skin, fibre, cedar wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd646

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel to watch-spring base construction; partially imbricated. The design consists of a bottom band of three red zigzag lines in phase with each other; horizontal band of bullrush three stitches wide; two rows of animal shapes in red; discrete curved red lines around rim; all on a plain background. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cedar wood, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketD1.330

Rectangular, flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel splint base foundation. Imbricated design of two parallel rows of zig-zags, with tops and bottoms flattened, in dark cherry bark, and cat-tail grass (?). Rim is beaded in cat-tail grass (?).

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
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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BasketD3.3

Square bottomed, circular woven basket with a thin, flat topped handle bridging the centre. Split strips; wicker work sides, checker work (plaited) bottom.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
ash wood and sweet grass ?
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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