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BasketNbz775

Coiled basket with imbrication in a zigzag design of black, yellow, and red, repeating. Bottom edge is black imbrication. The coils increase in size from the bottom. Top edge is tightly braided. There is a red stain on inside bottom and sides near bottom.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
dye, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketNbz813

Coiled cedar slat and root basket, with imbrication and beading. There is red bark on the upper edge, every three coils (with some coils missing). Lower edge is imbricated with red bark, every five to ten coils. Geometric plant-like design in black and red cherry bark. The bottom has watchspring coil construction.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerNa1074 a-b

Coiled basket (a) has circular base with straight sides that taper at mouth. The base has small ivory disc with holes through which the baleen is laced. There are numerous spots where the thin baleen has broken off, the largest sections are found in the centre of the base. Raised circular lid (b) with an inner lip is topped by an ivory disc with a square knob.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk and baleen
Made in
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz774

Round, coiled cedar root and slat basket with slightly flared sides. Swastika design around sides imbricated in red and black cherry bark. Beading in red and black on lower and upper edges; wrapped top edge.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, bear grass and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd669

Rectangular basket with cedar slat and root coil construction, with beading on three sides. Imbricated on four sides with vertical stripes of yellow-orange, brown and red coloured bark, and possibly grass? The wool tumpline has a zigzag pattern of pink, green and red, on a braided plant fibre (hemp?) strap; the strap is attached to the basket edge by cotton string in three places. The upper rim is wrapped.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, cherry bark, cedar wood, cedar root, grass ?, plant fibre and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarSe160

Polychrome effigy jar with flared lip, bulbous at top of neck, the rest of the neck slopes slightly, then sharply flares to shoulder and constricts sharply to flat 18 cm. base. Modelled face on neck with protruding ears, nose and chin. Slits at eyes and mouth. Rectilinear dark brown and orange on light yellow/brown design from neck to shoulder. Thick dark brown lines mark off areas in straight and stepped lines and zigzag connections. Some orange lines and fine dark brown lines infill spaces. Occasional x's on these lines. Orange diamond below face, brown zigzag at forehead. Orange for bottom half and at inside rim. Black and light brown patches around bottom. Plain inside. Resin coated inside and out. Scrapes and chips at shoulder. Dirt accretions and checked patches. Paint chipped on face.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
caraipe bark ash, resin, pigment and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarSe159

Polychrome effigy jar with flared lip, slightly sloping neck, then sharp slope to shoulder, constricting sharply from shoulder to 18 cm. flat base. Two modelled faces oppose on neck, ears, nose and chin which jut out. Slit for eyes and mouth. Dark brown and orange/brown rectilinear motif on light yellow/brown, on faces and to shoulder between. Main design feature is thick outlined (dark brown) cross shaped boxes with crosses and other lines inside and out. Below faces are light yellow/brown painted torsos with 4 fingered hands, outlined in dark brown on dark orange ground. Zig-zag edge between arms and torso with triangles on line outside arms. Below shoulders is solid rubbed dark orange with black, carbonized areas. Outside rim is dark brown, inside jar is dark orange for half neck, unpainted for remainder. Resin coating outside and partially inside. Scrape across one hand. Some chips at rim, checking at shoulder.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
caraipe bark ash, resin, pigment and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketNbz777 a-b

Rectangular coiled cedar root basket (part a) with rounded corners and a lid (part b). Slat foundation used for both the lid and the base, but bundles of cedar roots were used for the sides. Lid (part b) fitted flush to slightly flared sides from which single handle is attached, one end to each long side. Handle is composed of bundles reinforced with cotton cord. Sides of the basket (part a) are decorated with imbricated panels of light yellow brown grass with alternating red brown and black dyed cherry bark in four "V" motifs. Panels are outlined in black, two each on longest sides and one on each end. Sturdy rim around base edge elevates basket. Beading in red and black cherry bark on the lid (part b) top and sides with grass at the lid's rim.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
grass, cotton fibre, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1076

Heart-shaped fibre bundle basket; sides created by bundled sweet grass coiled around in a continuous spiral and held together with a lashing of dark brown thread. Sides flare outward from a birch bark base decorated with a floral design of yellow and purple circles and crosses in quill work, much of which is missing. Coiling interrupted by openwork pattern formed by bundled grass stitched into one zigzag.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, dye, cotton fibre, sweet grass and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketAe70

Basket with a body and base of wicker plaiting on flat rigid warp with split cane weft. Decoration of false embroidery in geometric patterns of crosses and stripes, and securing rim of double splints. The base has light yellow-brown stitches, creating triangles around the base. Stiff, coiled handle, wrapped with rope, formed by two rope strands attached to either side of body with a single knot at the base. Some fading two loose strands of grass, knotted together inside the basket.

Culture
Central African
Material
grass, fibre and stem ?
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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