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BasketNb11.346 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Natural colour. At base of lid is red/purple band. Lid top has purple centre surrounded by blue ring and orange broken line ring. At mid-point, basket has faded blue diamond pattern. At base is band of red/purple. Bottom of basket is checker work (plaiting), surrounded by grass twining.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, bear grass ?, grass and aniline dye ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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BasketA124 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) with straight sides and a flat, fitted lid (b). Sides: wrapped twined weaving; base: twined weaving around cedar bark; base: large cedar strip. One band of meander design on side and top. Base and warp: cedar bark with grass sides; swamp grass and aniline-dyed swamp grass. Colours: purple, blue.

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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BasketA1116

A short cylindrical brown basket with wrapped twined openwork weaving of small vertical rectangles with wider strips (undyed) of wicker woven in as decoration, creating two horizontal double bands, one around near the top and one around near the bottom.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar root and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1118

Basket with wrapped twined work (with direction of weave reversing with each row). Base is plaited with double strands and has four corners that extend up to rounded edges that flare outwards slightly towards the rim. The rim is overcast, and the two handles each consist of two twisted strands of cedar bark.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar root and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA1126

Wrapped twined weaving (which is diagonal to the warp on the correct side and vertical to the warp on the reverse side). Ragged central dark blue circle surrounded by a concentric dark blue, purple, and green band. Two figures in red and purple are around the middle at either side. Outer rim edge is green, purple, and dark blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA128

Bottle covered with a fitted woven swamp grass sleeve (a) and cap (b); decorated with compound bands of linear patterning around sides and cap in green, purple and yellow. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides and cap: wrapped twined weave.

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