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BasketA4080 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) and fitted lid (b) woven with swamp grass. Base is done with plain twined weaving over wide warp. Side has wrapped twined weave. Decorated with a series of three bands, one with double dotted band in center. Lid has one band of the above type and a large solid circle in the center.

Culture
Makah
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and aniline dye
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4107

Rectangular-shaped basket that tapers at the bottom. Wrapped twined openwork weave with single coil border at top. Fibre cording rope attached to one side.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4108

Rectangular-shaped open-work basket with weft strands alternating in direction with each row. Overcast rim. Four string handles. Undecorated.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root, fibre, spruce root ? and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4109

Lattice twined open weave - single strand coil border at top. Construction: interesting bottom, caning with two warp pieces twined together and top rounded since it is coiled or wrapped around splints. Plain.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA4396

Round woven mat. Twisted twined work. Inner swirl in purple, yellow, and red bordered by solid lines of the same colour and a purple wave. Two black whales staggered with two red and purple birds surrounded by two rows of squares in purple. Outer border is stripes of black, yellow, red, purple, red, yellow, and black.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5134 a-b

Woven basket with lid. Base - mixed twined work (plain twining alternating with wicker weave). Sides - plain twined with embroidered and false embroidered design. Multi-coloured shapes (green, orange, red, yellow, maroon) around central part of basket and around edge of lid, bordered by dark brown and connected with upper and lower strips of light brown. Central portion of lid has a stepped design and a circle of orange.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, aniline dye and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5136

Plain twined weave basket with twilled weave chevrons; fibre loop through rim. Decorated with two red and one blue band with zigzag twill design around each of the red bands, going clockwise and counter-clockwise.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
bear grass, dye, pine root and fibre
Made in
Gray's Harbour, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5201

Dark brown twined basket woven in a white fibre to create a geometric pattern. Basket has loops of nettle fibre sewn around the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
dye and nettle fibre
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5202 a-b

Short, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Sides of basket and top of lid are decorated with encircling/concentric multicoloured bands of patterning in red, black, green, yellow

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5220

Twined, rounded basket with twisted loops on the rim. False embroidery. Design consists of vertical zigzags imposed on vertical stripes.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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