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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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BasketA2339

Oval-shaped basket with plain twined work with false embroidered design; braided rim. Base - two checkered bands, one in purple and one in orange; sides - zigzag pattern in orange/purple/orange (in phase) with natural swamp grass filler.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.345

Conical, coiled basket coloured a natural medium-brown. Has geometric designs that consist of elongated light golden-brown triangles edged with dark brown around the upper portion, with diamond shapes around the lower portion. The rim is dark brown.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
grass and sisal fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.344

Coiled, conical basket with imbricated stitches, false embroidery, watch-spring base construction, splint foundation, and a concave base. Large triangular geometric design in natural brown and dark brown in five horizontal rows.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
grass and sisal fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8809

Cylindrical spruce root basket. Six horizontal bands of alternating red and natural grass with double row of triangles in alternating natural and red in the middle. Two strand twined weaving "false embroidery" (which is overlaid twined weaving).

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17094 a-b

Spruce root basket with "rattle" lid; base: alternate rows of plain twined and plaited weaving (from central origin). Sides and lid: plain twined weaving with the same type of alternate weaving as above on the under part of the lid. Lid has two tiers with pebble in between. False embroidered design of black fern root against light swamp grass. Continuous figures.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, fern root and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9002

Spruce root basket; plain twined work with false and true embroidered design. Warp strands alternate red/natural (1:1). Horizontal bands of shapes in red on black or natural on black (six rows). The slant of the rectangular figures alternates with every row.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8497

Spruce root basket. Base - twined and wicker weaving; sides - plain twined weaving with overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery). Complex meander pattern in purple.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and grass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8997

Twined spruce root basket; plain twined work with twilled border and false embroidery. Diagonally striped band of brown and natural spruce root directly under twilled border. "Skip-stitch" pattern of diagonal lines. Braided border.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8995

Oblong spruce root basket; base - mixed twined work; sides - plain twined weave with false embroidered design. Two discrete designs on either side; geometric pattern formed around two concentric diamonds.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and swamp grass
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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