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BasketA3426

Small, oval-shaped basket (a) with lid (b). Imagery of whales and multicoloured bands of linear patterning on sides and lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa55 a-b

A hexagonally-shaped basket of brown and natural palm leaf plaited into geometric designs. The rim of both the base and the fitted lid are round in shape. On the flat interior of both pieces, six bamboo splint reinforcements are interwoven into the plaiting. The pattern (two parallel splints in each configuration) defines the six points of the basket's shape. The splints are not visible on the outside of the basket.

Culture
Mangyan
Material
bamboo grass and palm leaf
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Work BasketA3101

Coiled cedar root basket decorated with discrete vertical stripes of checkerboard pattern alternating in black-dyed bark / white cat-tail and red bark / white cat-tail. Pattern continues three-quarters of the way down the basket with a red/white horizontal line as a border. The rim is decorated with beading in cat-tail grass. Parallel splint base construction and partial imbrication.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
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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BasketA3107

Roughly cylindrical woven basket with a square bottom and round upper rim. Plaited checker work with braided border. Four horizontal lines of brown (one every eight rows).

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3110 a-b

Glass bottle covered with a woven sleeve (a) and woven cap (b). Decorated with two bands of purple and yellow along the top and bottom, as well as two similar bands with red triangular bands around the centre framing a bird on one side and a canoe on the other. Cap has a black circle in the centre and bands of colour at the edges. Wrapped twined weave with some plain twined weave on the base, covering glass bottle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3111 a-b

Basket covered bottle with lid. Three large openwork bands with green and purple compound band on top and bottom of lower half of bottle, and three green "swastika" designs bordered by narrow bands in central band of bottle. Plain twined weave with unusual crossed-warp twined openwork weave with half of the warp strands being vertical, and the other half being diagonal.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3112

Tall glass bottle covered with a woven sleeve (part a) and bottle cap (part b); bottle cap also has a woven covering. Five bands with two or more colours each with oblique vertical pattern, one of which is a floral pattern. Wrapped twined weave with plain twined weave (over wide warp) base and plain twined weave cap.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye, cedar bark and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3113

Corked brown glass bottle with sloping shoulders covered with a woven sleeve; three solid bands of purple with four patterned bands.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass, glass and cork bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3114

Basket made of birch bark that has been bent and sewn together with birch root. Birch twig around rim is overcast with birch root. Geometric design around sides is scratched on. On one side is lines with triangles (vertex down). On the other side are vertical lines of diamonds. The darker side of the bark is to the outside. (Raley label #165 on base.)

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
birch bark, birch wood and birch root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3115 a-b

Coiled (with bifurcated stitches) basket and lid (part b). Basket has imbrication of alternating diagonal bands of black with white interior or red with white interior. Watch-spring base construction.

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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