Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Porcelain vase with a tall foot, bulbous body, and neck that flares outwards then inwards at the top. Top portion has a landscape scene with two ladies and two warriors in polychrome on grey crackled surface. Lower portion has a battle scene with some men on horseback and some carrying spears, all on the same ground. Other motifs include flowers, cicada and the t'ao t'ieh handles.
A flat circular metal piece with green patina. TLV designs, (representative of the universe). Silk cord attached to small handle.
Large stone female bust of Kuan Yin. Her hair is accentuated with carved lines and curled into a bun at the top of her head, around which is an elaborate curly headdress. Her eyelids are shown closed. (No longer on wooden base.)
Circular white plate covered with blue designs and sides that flare upwards. Stylized chrysanthemum flowers and leaves decorate the front, a scroll motif decorates the rim, and three bamboo designs decorate the bottom of the plate.
basket with lid; First Nations basket with lid; The basket is round, with a single handle (opposite handle is missing). The lid has a knob handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with a dark and light spiraling pattern. May be Musqueam or North Vancouver. Had been used for storing knitting.
basket with lid; First Nations basket with lid; The basket is round, with two handles opposite each other. The handles are wrapped twine. The wrapping is missing from one handle. The lid has a knob handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with a dark and light spiraling pattern. May be Musqueam or North Vancouver. Had been used for storing knitting.
tray; a First Nations made, basketry tray; low sides and two raised handles opposite each other; decorative star or flower pattern woven into the bottom in varying shades of brown; multiple areas of loss around outer sides of rim.
Basket with red cedar bark base and warps and swamp grass wefts. The base is done in checker weave, while the walls and lid are done using wrapped twining. The base of the basket is secured with two strand twining and then the warps were split and smaller rows of two strand twining follow. The edge of the base is distinguished by one row of three strand twining, which creates a noticeable break in the pattern, before the wrapped twining begins for the walls. Designs, consisting of horizontal stripes, were made using analine dyes, which are extremely light sensitive. Colours are preserved on inside of basket, where light exposure has been much lower. Originally red and black stripes. Nuu-chah-nulth
This basket is woven using the wrapped twining method and is made of swamp grass. The designs were made using aniline dyes and are badly faded; original colours still visible on the inside of lid and basket. The weave on this basket is very finely done. The basket and lid are decorated with bird motifs. Originally birds were yellow on a purple background. The lid has a drop edge that fits over a lip around the top edge of the basket. It is decorated in concentric circles with a dark spot in the centre. The spot includes black as well as the wine colour. The outside is faded to a light brown colour. Nuu-chah-nulth
Oval shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar slat foundation. Overcast rim with remnants of a loopwork border. Decorated with vertical stripes of imbricated designs in canary grass and black dyed cherry bark. Cherry bark can be distinguished by the small eyes in the surface of the bark. If the basket maker is skilled the bark has a shiny appearance, if it has not been scraped properly it has a greyish tinge. Canary grass is differentiated from cattail and bear grass by its shiny appearance according to a Stó:lo/Stl’atl’imx elder and basket maker from Mount Currie, who was married into Upper Squamish.