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BasketD1.46

Round basket of coils over twig construction. Two bands of red and black horizontally striped design.

Culture
Southern Paiute
Material
willow wood ? or dye ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleA6958 a-d

Four (parts a-d) small wood paddles painted in black with a design of a bird. Both parts a and b have on each side, a thin black ovoid in tapering oval eye within a black-outlined ovoid that has a black-outlined u form underneath while a black-outlined semi-oval is at the tip with a black L-shape underneath. Part c has a similar eye form but with the following in addition: on one side, the eye is plain while the other eye has eye lashes; on one side, the u form underneath has black cross hatching while the other side has a thin line down the middle; while both sides have cross hatching and dots in the semi-oval at the tip and the L-shape underneath, respectively, the other side has dots above as well. Part d has a similar eye form but with the following in addition: while one eye is plain, the other eye has eye lashes; however, both have cross hatching in the u form underneath and the semi-oval at the tip with dots in the L-shape below. All four parts have a two-feathered wing-like feature coming from a central black-outlined ovoid; however, the various designs are as follows: Part a has a black top feather and a cross hatched bottom feather on both side; part b has two black feathers on one side while the other side has a diagonal lined top feather and a black bottom feather; part c has a black top feather and a cross hatched bottom feather on one side while the other side has an elongated black top feather and a black bottom feather; and part d has a black top feather and a cross hatched bottom feather on both sides. The lower portion of the body near the handle end is dotted on all four pieces (parts a-d). All of the handles have a horizontal cylindrical finial. Parts a, b, and d have a pair of black diagonal lines running in the same direction near the handle finial, except that part d reverses direction on the other side. Part c has a black u-line near the handle finial.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA7096

Model wood canoe with three seats inside and an exterior decorated with abstract motifs in red and black. All three seats are painted red, except for one outer seat which is plain in the middle while the other outer seat has a hole in the middle. The rim of the canoe is painted red. Both sides of the canoe are painted symmetrically. One end has a circular black eye surrounded by a tapering oval and a horizontal dashed area with a black brow above. Below this eye, there is a long red nostril. Behind this eye, there is a black paw with three digits and a circle in circle within. Below all of this, there is a red line section with a pair of red and black dashed split u's and a black oval in tapering oval in ovoid eye with a sideways black split u within a larger red u form above at the back. The other end has a black ovoid in ovoid in a red one from which two elongated sideways pointed red u forms extend outward. Behind this, there is a black oval in a tapering oval in a red ovoid with a u form underneath that has a plain oval within. Below all of this, there is a black split u with red underneath. A horizontal, black rectangular panel is in between both ends.

Culture
Haida
Material
cedar wood, alder wood ? and paint
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhipA2.475

A yellow-brown wood stick which tapers to a smaller point where the long skin band is attached with string wrapped around it. The long skin band coils down around the stick.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood and leather skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7206

Brown birch bark basket with a circular top and a square bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root. Floral patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7207

Light brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square-shaped bottom--bark is bent and laced together with root (?). Upper rim of the basket is lined with a splint bound with thin strips of root (?). A floral design has been scratched onto the sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark, root ? and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7201 a-b

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in dyed spruce root. Plain twined weave with embroidered design of a central band with a "meander" pattern, embroidered in grass on a brown spruce ground (green inside). Base has three bands of green checks and is concave. "Meander" pattern is repeated on lid; lid is cone-like in shape with a raised knob at its centre.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7196

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in aniline dyed grass. Plain twined work with an embroidered design of a central band of six alternating brown and pink arrows, half are on a brown line and half are on a pink line.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye, spruce root and grass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7195

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in aniline dyed, orange grass. Plain twined weave with one row of twisted twined work at rim. Embroidered design of a central band of orange arrows directed towards the left.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, aniline dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7193 a-b

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in dyed spruce root and grass. Plain twined work with a button shaped handle on the lid. Sides have two horizontal bands with a "meander" pattern in natural grass colour on brown, lid has similar design. Knob handle has an embroidered swirl decoration in brown grass.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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