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Fishing CreelNbz676 a-e

Oval-shaped basket with lid. Coiled on slat foundation. Foundation has large checkerboard-like look but is plain weaving done over alternate slats. Sides are coiled and completely imbricated with yellow tule background, and red and black zigzag design. Two lid sections are connected in the middle and open inward, attached to a centre coiled zigzag-like structure which separates the two halves of the basket. The lids are plain weave over slats. Solid wood handle is wrapped with cedar and cherry bark with tule inlay.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark and tule grass
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.283

Fishing creel constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a rounded base that tapers slightly at the front and angles upwards towards the back across a trapezoidal lid with a trapezoid-shaped hole in the centre. The basket has a parallel coiled base and watch-spring lid construction. Overcast edges. Partial imbrication on lid with five checkerboard shapes with cat-tail grass interiors and cherry bark exteriors. Sides have five similar shapes with cat-tail grass exterior, dark or red cherry bark with different middle colour (crabapple?). Red leather straps with a metal buckle attached at reverse with leather thongs attaching the lid to the base and acting as a closure.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, crabapple bark, cherry bark, rawhide skin, leather skin, dye and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.327

Fishing creel basket with a rounded base that tapers slightly to a flat lid with a curved front edge and a rectangular hole in the centre. The back of the creel is angled. The basket has parallel splint base construction, and the lid closes with buckskin ties. A double zigzag pattern is partially imbricated in red cherry, cat-tail and black cherry bark repeated in two rows producing negatively defined diamonds along the centre. Imbricated bands of red and orange-brown on the underside of the base.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.443 a-b

Fishing creel with rounded base that atpers up to a flat lid with a small rectangular hole in the middle, and a slanted, concave back. The basket is constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Decorated with partial imbrication in a vertical striped pattern in light brown cat-tail, red and black cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.244

Flat-back coiled cedar root basket with lid; lid had a semicircular opening in the centre and is attached to the basket by two buckskin thongs. Simple coiled work with parallel splint base construction. Partial imbrication; design of "bird-like" forms in black and white, red/black and white, red and black. Lid has "wing" motifs. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, deer skin ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.428

Coiled cedar root basketry fishing creel with a lid and a leather carrying strap with a metal buckle. Undecorated simple coiled work with parallel splint base and lid construction. Woven hole in the top and on the back (for the strap). Three reinforced splints on base.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, leather skin and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing CreelD1.255

Coiled cedar root basket with attached lid. Simple interlocking coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base and watch-spring lid construction. Basket also has overcast rims and a rawhide thong. The lid is decorated with six rectangles of cat-tail grass, which are outlined alternatively in black or red cherry bark. The sides have four vertical bands of white grass edged with black or red, the resulting rectanglar shapes are joined together. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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