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Basketry TrayA2273

Round, brown tray of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction. Partial imbrication. The sides are three splint rows with a wrapped border. Interior of the basket has three concentric divisions and an inner row of grass and then two rows of alternating black cherry bark and grass repeated. Between these, there are nine diagonal lines in red, then nine shapes in red, then twenty "X" shapes in red with grass inside.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2279

Basket with base woven in plain checker work. The sides are twilled with crossed warp openwork and a braided border.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeA2327

Rope composed of two-strand twisted cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2333

Plain twined work with turned in border. Design in false embroidery. "Floral" pattern in natural swamp grass and brown (dyed) cedar bark.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WedgeA6480

Roughly carved wedge with cedar bark twisted and bound around the driving end.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and cedar withe
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AshtrayD4.18

Polished black bird-shaped ceramic dish with matte feather design on wings. Centre of back is concave; two holes for eyes. Molded, and baked in smothered fire.

Culture
Pueblo: Santa Clara
Material
clay
Made in
Santa Clara, New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugD4.24

Spherical jug with straight neck; handle attached to top of body. Black geometrical design (oblique hatching) on white.

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
Material
clay and paint
Made in
San Juan, New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paint DishA16098

Round, granular stone mortar, or dish, with circular depression worked into top. Remains of red-orange pigment in and around the depression.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA8869

A narrow model wood canoe that has four seated rowers dressed in red capes with paddles that are red-tipped. The rowers have light brown-cream-coloured paper feathers in their black fibre hair. On one side of the canoe, there is a raven design in black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2335 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Basket and lid are covered with encircling/concentric bands of multicoloured geometric and linear patterning. Colours: red, green, orange, yellow, black, and purple.

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