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BasketA1122

A brown basket mainly plaited with rows of twisted twined work bordering horizontal strips of twilling. Rim is braided. Central horizontal band bordered by dyed (brown) cedar root twined work, band has cedar bark warp with cedar root and dyed cedar root (brown) twilled pattern. Upper and lower bands are the same technique but cedar root is plain and pink design appears on both interior and exterior of the basket.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
dye, cedar root and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket LidA9017

Spruce root basket lid; plain twined work with twilled design on sides. Chevron twilled design on sides alternating with checkered brown and natural in between. Band on top alternates brown and natural with every warp strand (five rows wide).

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8495 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b). Sides of basket and lid feature encircling and/or concentric bands of colour and linear patterning in red and black; black circle in centre of lid. Base has a plaited origin and three-strand twilled outer edge. Sides are wrapped twined weaving with design woven in.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8998

Woven spruce root basket; base is mixed twined work. Sides are plain twined with twilled border and braided rim. Design created by dyed weft strands. Four horizontal bands (six rows wide) with colours alternating with every warp strand, creating purple and red vertical stripes on a horizontal band. Twilled diamond pattern on border. Two rows of purple weft on base.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB97

Basket that has four rounded sides with a vertical red-brown supporting stick at each of the four corners also bound to the circular red-brown rim that has three sets of interconnected coils around each side. Natural colour with black diamond design in the form of lozenges. The inside is plain.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
stem ? and palm leaf
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB82

Plain basket that has rounded sides that come to a flat edge across the bottom and has an oval rim around the top. Natural colour with a lozenge design. Simple dark design at the top and bottom. Two dark loops are at the top of one side.

Culture
Malay
Material
stem ?
Made in
Brunei
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB79

Black on tan geometric woven pattern on a "shopping bag" shape. Woven in several layers. Design consists of a central horizontal band of diamond shapes bordered by zig zags with inward pointing triangles at either ends that have a checker pattern within. Has two handles, one at either side, that consist of braided black and tan loops.

Culture
Iban
Material
leaf
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB78

Cylindrical basket with a square base. Plain "herring-bone" weave of a natural colour with two more pronounced horizontal bands around the rim. Light orange-brown colour.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
stem ?
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketAb301 a-b

Slightly boat-shaped rectangular basket box (part a) with a lid (part b) made of palm leaf overlaid with stiff woven grass of both dark brown and cream colour. Pattern resulting is a series of interlocking diamonds and zigzags. The base of both the basket and lid are a solid piece of wood sewn into the basket with fibre. The basket and lid have slightly convex long sides. The basket (part a) has two slats bound for the rim which are separated from the main design by a horizontal, black, braided edge. Main design consists of five lozenge patterns around the sides bofdered by counter-clock-wise pointing diagonal lines in dark and light brown. The lid (part b) has a longitudinal lozenge-patterned band with perpendicular zig zags at either side while the sides have a vertical zig zag pattern and are eded with black braids.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, rattan, grass and palm leaf
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Winnowing BasketB567

Scoop or shovel-shaped basket, woven with natural coloured grass. One side curves upwards and the other side widens to a flattened edge. The perimeter of the entire tray is lined with a thick piece of bamboo that is secured by eleven sections of stitched grass.

Culture
Santal
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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