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Button3261/10

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button3261/9

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button2904/9

Tightly woven round basketry button. Button is light brown in colour with dark red border and dark brown thunderbird motif with dark brown circle in centre.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, paper and dye
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket636/24 a-b

A small light brown cylindrical basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There are two brown and orange birds on opposite sides of the basket (part a) with wings outstretched and holding an arrow pointing counter-clock-wise with their feet. Two brown canoes are in between these birds on either sides. There are three horizontal rows of dark brown, yellow, and dark brown around the bottom of the basket (part a). The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) has a round red-brown knob at the top centre surrounded by a yellow, green, and red-brown sun-like circle with the same two birds on either sides. There are three horizontal rows of dark brown, yellow, and dark brown around the side of the lid (part b).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
grass and cedar bark ?
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket987/2 a-b

Circular woven basket with design on sides of eagle, whale, birds. Wide bark band at top of basket. Lid (part b) has abstract designs following circular shape.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.269

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and red border (one row). This is contained within a blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.268

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with a brown border (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles perched on a bent harpoon. Four alternating yellow and orange triangles are across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border with a brown circle before two green rows at the edge. On the reverse, there is one row of brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.267

Tightly woven button with a grey centre encircled by a brown line (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles are perched on a bent harpoon. There are four alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border, encircled with two green rows and a brown row on the reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.266

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with a brown border (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles perched on a bent harpoon. Four alternating yellow and orange triangles are across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border with a brown circle before two green rows at the edge. On the reverse, there is one row of brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.265

Tight woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and grey border (one row). This is contained within a red circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating blue and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and red on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
paper, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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