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BasketA7493

Flat, rectangular cedar and cherry bark basket with checkerwork plaited weaving (cherry bark weft with cedar warp) with openwork 'eyehole' weave as well as some twilled design in skipped stitch cherry bark. Checkerwork has faint zig zag pattern. There are five horizontal bands of checkerwork evenly divided by openwork.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
cedar bark and cherry bark
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6143

Basket with cedar bark warp and weft and a natural coloured fibre draw string around top. The base is plaited, the sides are twilled and the rim is braided.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA6109

Spruce root hat with design painted in black and green. Brim is mixed twined work (diagonal twilled design of chevron patterns), crown is diagonal twined, top is plain twined with three diagonal twined rows near the centre. Inner hat band is plaited with spruce root weft and cedar root warp.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root, paint and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA6108

Spruce root hat with applied design of a bird in black and green paint. Painted green cross on top. Spruce root warp and weft. Brim is mixed twined weave (diagonal twilled design of chevron patters), crown is three strand twined weave with plain twined weave at the top. Hat has a braided border and a diagonal twined inner headband.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
spruce root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatAc222

Rectangular mat in plait and twill weave with coiled borders. Mat is made of natural green to light brown cane with yellow cane supports on the sides, and rattan wrapped borders.

Culture
Kasai
Material
rattan and stem ?
Made in
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEdz1026 a-b

Basket (part a) with lid (part b) of fine split bamboo, round with red lacquer on rims. Lining of woven flat bamboo strips, dyed red-brown lid, also lined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB90

The basket is woven with natural coloured plant strips. Along the bottom a lozenge design is woven in the two bottom corners and decorated with red and black. Along the rim there is a simple black band. There is a single brown loop on the front bottom centre and two brown loops on the back rim. A twisted fibre is threaded through the bottom loop and each end knotted to a brown loop on the rim creating a handle.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
rattan ? and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3180

Cylindrical woven basket with a flat bottom and a raised diamond pattern woven around the rim. Three dark blue bands painted around the sides. Double-strand twined weaving with mixed twined weaving (diagonal twilled design or 'skip stitch') along top border of basket. Painted bands. Twilled band along base.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
paint and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5104

Plain twined work with wide twilled border. A series of twilled ("skip-stitch") zigzag patterns on rim. Cylindrical shape.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3190

4 horizontal bands each 5 rows wide - alternating solid bands that have bands with every other warp strand brown. Wide twilled border with diagonally striped design. Base is mixed twined work; sides are plain twined with a twilled border.

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