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BasketNb11.345 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) straight sides, a cedar bark reinforced hoop rim, and a flat-topped, fitted lid (b). Cedar bark plaited base, with three different widths of grass twining. Natural colour with dark purple solid and broken line bands, and two thin yellow bands at basket's mid-point. Set of purple and pink chevron-shaped designs on each side of basket above and below mid-point bands. Ring of purple at shoulder and base. Orange band at base. Lid has concentric ovals of green, yellow, dark purple (solid and broken line) and red around centre of three horizontal lines of red and blue/purple rings. Row of twill twining at base and shoulder of basket, and at edge of lid top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass ?, grass, cedar bark and aniline dye ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.344 a-b

Oval basket (a) with raised, fitted lid (b). Lid has reinforced cedar bark hoop at rim. Opening of basket is larger in some places than the lid, so it does not fit well. Bottom of basket has a single element, cedar bark foundation, overstitched with grass, surrounded by grass twining. Natural colour. Wide faded purple band with faded yellow geometric 'step' design at midpoint of basket. Ring of faded purple at base of basket. Centre of lid has red oval ring with green design, surrounded by wide faded purple band and yellow geometric 'step' design. Thin purple ring at rim of lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, aniline dye ?, cedar bark and bear grass ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.343 a-b

Oval, straight-sided basket (a) with a flat-topped, fitted lid (b). Sharp shoulder with reinforced cedar bark hoop rim, edged with a single row of grass twining. Cedar bark checker work foundation surrounded by grass twining of three different widths. Natural colour with small scale geometric designs. At mid-point of basket and on top of lid is dark purple and yellow band with diamond pattern. At shoulder and base of basket is band of purple, orange and green. At centre of lid top is horizontal band of purple and red surrounded by two curved lines of green and yellow. At rim of lid is thin band of faded purple. Twill twining at edge of basket.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye ?, cedar bark, bear grass ? and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.342 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) with a raised, fitted lid (b). Sharp shouldered with oval collared rim. Rim is reinforced strips of cedar bark edged with a row of grass twining. Natural colour with purple and green bands with orange stripes. The raised top of the lid has oval green centre with orange oval band surrounded by four oval rings of purple and two broken line rings of orange. At midpoint the basket has three bands of purple. The middle and widest band has a yellow diagonal design. At base of basket is green band with orange stripe. Bottom of basket is cedar bark plaiting surrounded by grass twining. There is one row of grass twining up the middle length of the plaiting, and one row of twill twine at shoulder and base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, aniline dye ?, cedar bark and bear grass ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3130

Clam basket with a base formed by thick reinforced cedar strips and sides formed by cross-warp openwork plaited weaving. The rim is one coil overcast stitch with a splint foundation.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Root BasketA3136

Central band - "meander" pattern in purple bordered by red. Handle is natural and purple in a 1:1 ratio. Plain twined work; braided border; overcast handle; false embroidery.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3139 a-b

Short cylindrical basket (a) with a conical lid (b) and multicoloured figurative designs. Sides: four central figures in purple and red, two of which are lizard-like creatures with red eyes, elongated eyes and spots. Lid: canoes and birds with green and yellow central design. Multicoloured linear bands around bottom edge of both basket and lid. Wrapped, twined weaving.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3149

Two darker bands woven in with horizontal alternating bands and triangles, chevron figures between bands in orange and white "false embroidery". Twined weave with "false embroidery" (overlaid twined weave).

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3161

Construction consists of two separate pouches on a long back piece which folds over and covers. Design consists of horizontal bands where each of the bands is proceeded by a change in weave. Plaited checker work, loose twine weave and openwork "eyehole" weave - crossed-warp twined. Colours include green and natural browns.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3162 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with fitted, concave lid (b). Close, two-strand, plain twined weave. Decorated with four narrow woven bands of green on sides and three concentric bands on lid.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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