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BasketD3.1

Brown, rectangular, picnic-like basket with a handle arching from one side to the other. Basket has a checker work (plaited) bottom and wicker work sides.

Culture
Mohawk: Kanienkehaka
Material
birch bark ?
Made in
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.3

Square bottomed, circular woven basket with a thin, flat topped handle bridging the centre. Split strips; wicker work sides, checker work (plaited) bottom.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
ash wood and sweet grass ?
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.4 a-b

Flat bottomed, circular woven basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid. Lid has a radial woven design with the red-coloured strips used for the warp overlapping at the centre. Basket's bottom is made from overlapping, thick, bright red strips. Top rim of basket features a broad band of bright red weaving. Bottom rim of lid is woven with a single, thin strip of red material.

Culture
Panawahpskek
Material
sweet grass and red willow wood ?
Made in
Penobscot, Maine, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2201

Plaited (checker work) weave; base elements are approximately 1 1/4" wide & are each split in half to form side warp elements. Twisted border under rim. Rim is formed by crossing warp strands and wrapping them around a splint.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2202

Flattened tall, plaited (checker work) weave basket; wide strips; braided warp border; short cedar rope handle.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.29

Roughly cylindrical brown woven basket with a faded geometric pattern on the sides--pattern made by using a layer of purple strips and a layer of undyed strips and reversing them. Basket's top edge features a rolled rim.

Culture
Cherokee ?
Material
grass and dye
Made in
USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2247 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid has a knob-like handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with figurative imagery of ducks and ambiguous canoe-like motifs. Colours: red, blue, 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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BasketA1986 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange that rings the rim of the basket. Stylized zoomorphic figure repeated around sides and lid in black. Compound bands of black and yellow stripes around sides and lid; black circle in centre of lid. Base: checker work with plain twined or wicker weave. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave.

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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BasketE185 a-b

Part (a) Tall plain cylindrical basket with two handles and a lid, part (b).

Culture
Central Mexico
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.22 a-b

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom, straight, vertical sides and a flat lid that is attached to the basket with ties on one side--two loops to be tied together with string are on the opposite side of the lid and top of the basket. Three concentric circles of black, red, and gold enameled willow ring the lid, while three similar bands encircle the sides of the basket.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
reed grass, willow wood, paint, lacquer ? and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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