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Pipe Bag3239/1

Beaded and quill work pipe bag. Long bag is made of hide, thin and pliable on top, thicker and stiff with beading below, attached to a series of hide thongs wrapped in red-dyed quills, ending with an undecorated, dense hide fringe at bottom. Top portion of bag has two sets of thongs, as well as small metal tubes from which emerge a red fibre tassel. White-beaded panel contains coloured motifs, yellow and blue diamonds and triangles on one side, green, yellow and red triangles on the other. Quilled section incorporates concentric rectangular designs in purple, orange and green. Interior of bag is unlined and undecorated.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rawhide skin, glass, quill, cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quillwork Panel3239/4

Hide panel decorated with quillwork in two colours. Long rectangular piece of pliable hide is fully covered on one side by yellow-dyed quillwork, applied in a basket weave pattern. Red dyed quillwork is used to create four sets of three red lines, each extending horizontally across the panel, two emanating from a central line at middle, and two encroaching inward from the edges, each also backed with a red line.

Culture
Kainai
Material
rawhide skin, bird quill ? and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button3261/10

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button3261/9

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lidded Basket2017-113/5

The dark blue is red, orange, and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, raffia, sedge grass, grass, swamp grass and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Lidded Basket2017-106/7

The dye is pink, dark purple, red, green, and yellow.

Culture
Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, cat-tail grass, sedge grass, grass, dye and raffia
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Lidded Basket2017-106/6

The dark blue is dark purple, pink, purple, maroon, green, and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, cat-tail grass, sedge grass, grass, swamp grass, dye and raffia
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basket2.5E2029

The dye is red.

Culture
Tulalip and Central Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, grass, raffia and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basket2.5E2028
Basket2017-45/4

The grass is natural, purple, red, green, orange, and yellow.

Culture
Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and grass
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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