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BasketA7507

Woven basket with a square bottom, gently flaring sides and an oval-shaped upper rim. Sides are twined with sections of plaiting; rim is braided. Three wide horizontal strips of dyed cedar bark fed in-between warp strands, and three strips of dyed bark twined into sides.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7508

Short, rounded basket with a square bottom and round, open top with a thick, braided rim. Sides are plain twined work with five encircling bands of alternating dark and light brown colour. Base is plaited cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4072 a-b

Miniature, cylindrical woven basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); cedar bark warps and swamp grass wefts. Base has plaited origin and twisted twined work (over several warp strands). Upper and lower rim of basket have one row of red wefts. Center of lid has a red sunburst design.

Culture
Makah
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA4384

Centre of basketry base. Plaited origin. Plain twined weaving. Undecorated. Central brown square is five by five strips with various lengthed extensions radiating from all directions. Light yellow-brown material is woven around the middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished BasketA4385

Unfinished basket. Plain twining; sides are in wrapped twined work. Bottom has bands of maroon, yellow, and maroon. The beginning of a design in green, grey-turquoise, purple, maroon, and black, possibly that of a canoe-like boat with people inside, and a whale?

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
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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Unfinished BasketA4387

Rounded, half-finished basket with imagery woven around the sides: two birds, a whale and two canoes. Plaited origin, and wrapped twined work. Bottom band of purple/yellow/purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5202 a-b

Short, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Sides of basket and top of lid are decorated with encircling/concentric multicoloured bands of patterning in red, black, green, yellow

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7509

Roughly cylindrical, light brown woven basket (a) with lid (b). Base: four rows of plaiting. Sides and lid: plain twined work with cedar root beading and embroidery. Two upper and two lower rows of beading in cedar root. Discrete sections (nine rows) of cedar root wrapped around twining; each section is separated by five vertical rows. Lid has same design. Handles on the lid are braided with an odd number of strands so as to form two solid, rounded handles which cross over each other.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8182

Rectangular basket with plaited base (two rows over and two rows under) and sides. The rim is reinforced with a slat inside and outside then overcast. Centre portion of the sides are woven with the outer portion of cedar bark. Design consists of eight horizontal red rows.

Culture
Coast Salish: Saanich
Material
bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatD1.326

Twined basketry hat with two wide dark bands and a band of vertical stripes in between. Single band on top rim and dark circular center at top.

Culture
Yakama
Material
grass, willow wood ? and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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