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BasketA2324

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of squares with lines through centre, four in dark cherry bark and grass on long sides and two in red cherry bark and grass on short side. Rim is beaded with red and black cherry bark. Base has one row of red beading.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2356

Coiled work (bifurcated stitches) watch-spring base construction. Imbricated pattern of checkered diamond shapes in cherry bark and grass.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
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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BasketA2358

Undecorated, u-shaped, openwork twined basket that is rectangular along the top rim. The direction of the stitches change with every other row. The rim is overcast. The base is plaited with double strands.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA8332

Ring-shaped frame of thin branches tied with strips of cloth. This frame is wrapped or bound with strips of red-dyed cedar bark.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2269

Coiled cedar root basket with elongated watch-spring base construction and braided border. Decorated with beading and partial imbrication; four bands of diamond checkerboard figures (each with centre rectangle in a different colour from each of the outer rectangles). Red exterior with cat-tail and black centre or vice versa; they are mostly arranged so that they are diagonally similar except for top row. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2380

Diagonally plaited: twisted border: braided rim. Undecorated. Piece of brown burlap (?) cloth tied to rim.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA2386

Mat woven from plaited cedar bark, rectangular in shape.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2270

A rounded woven basket that has sides which flare upward and curve inward. The base has a red-brown checker weave centre with plain twined weave and extra warp elements added around the sides - wrapped twined weave. The main design is consisting of two horizontal blue-grey bands, one around near the top and the other around near the bottom. The basket has a handle. Lid - wrapped twined weave with plain twined weave in middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2271

Basket with four sides that taper towards the base. Constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a parallel slat base (single straight reinforcement stitches) and an overcast rim and buckskin thongs. The imbricated design is a partial step pattern staggered vertically in red with black on the top and bottom, or black with red on top and bottom, in varying lengths. There are four horizontal rows of these elements. The rim is beaded in black.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, deer skin ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2272

Cylindrical basket with wrapped twined weaving. Yellow and purple bands of triangles around the side with central band of orange with individual purple stitches.

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