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BasketA486

Plain twined weaving (two strand) with black and natural strands and with both natural strands; also has a variety of twilled weave (known as skip stitch) along top border; five bands of alternating dark and natural weft; top border of radiating chevron twill design.

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA487

Basket woven with two strand twined weaving with border at top of alternate twined weave and twisted weave (three-strand weft).

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
spruce root
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA490

Basket woven with two strand twined weaving. Top border done in twine weave alternated with twisted weave (three weft strands). Three darker bands resulting from two-strand twined weave with one of the weft strands of dyed spruce root and one of natural spruce root.

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA491

Basket woven with two strand twined weaving with mixed twined weaving (diagonal twilled design) along top of basket. Four bands of darker faded black dyed spruce. Top edge is missing several large sections.

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA492

Basket woven with two strand twined weaving with alternate twined and twisted rows near the top and more complex top border. Six evenly-spaced darker black dye bands woven in. Top rim has several sections of missing material.

Culture
Haida ? or Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat RobeA17007

Chilkat style robe with woven designs and long fringe. The design is a three panel distributive. In the centre are two ancestor faces surrounded by a diving whale(?) motif. The side panels have ancestors faces in profile and a raven motif. The design is yellow, blue and black on natural ground. The two bottom corners have two rectangles with zigzags in black and yellow, associated with the identity of the weaver. There is long twisted fringe, on three sides, of mixed wool and cedar bark. On the top edge are two red flannel tabs with buttons and buttonholes for securing the robe around the neck.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2339

Oval-shaped basket with plain twined work with false embroidered design; braided rim. Base - two checkered bands, one in purple and one in orange; sides - zigzag pattern in orange/purple/orange (in phase) with natural swamp grass filler.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8200

Small totem pole depicting (bottom to top) a beaver at the base, a bear holding a salmon, a bird holding a copper, a whale with a human face, an eagle on top, then a bear with two small human figures in front. The pole is painted in blue, black, brown, green, red, yellow and white.

Culture
Haida ?
Material
copper metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA3489

Animal figure in the shape of a frog. Traces of red-orange ochre on one side.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
stone and ochre pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA2174

Dark brown, fish-shaped wooden dish with a small bowl, abalone shell inlay eyes, and white shell inlay on back.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, operculum shell and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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