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BowA1143

A slightly curved bow, which, in cross-section, has a flat surface on one side while the other side is convex. Has a design consisting of a central light blue paint band surrounded by a hand-grip of burgundy-coloured velvet coloured material with a wide blue paint band at either side, each of which has a thin red paint band to border it. Shellacked or varnished. A single notch in each end for a bowstring.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
fibre, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA1142

Thin wooden bow with painted lines and dots in and black, the ends are decorated in yellow. There is a twisted piece of string attached to one of the ends. The name 'Jerry Darby' is penciled on back.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA1141

A slightly curved bow, which, in cross-section, has a flat surface on one side while the other side is convex. Narrow at the tip and slightly narrower at the handgrip. Has a design consisting of an alternating pattern of green bands and red evergreen-tree/hour-glass-like shapes. Pair of notches on either end to hold bowstring.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA1139

A brown root decorated with a carved crude face carved on the underside of the unpainted middle of the naturally twisted root, and painted black, red, green, and white along both ends with a snake-like head at one end. The root twists into a three-dimensional L-shape.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
root and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishA1136

Dish with sides that angle outwards towards the rim, which scoops downwards towards the centre of each longer side, and arches upwards at the centre of each shorter side. The longer sides also curve outwards.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood
Made in
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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BasketA1120

Basket with warp and weft plaiting and a braided rim. The base has four corners and extends up to curved sides.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1121

A cylindrical basket with alternate twined and wicker weaving. Repeating pattern of three vertical bands of natural cedar, two red and one purple-black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1122

A brown basket mainly plaited with rows of twisted twined work bordering horizontal strips of twilling. Rim is braided. Central horizontal band bordered by dyed (brown) cedar root twined work, band has cedar bark warp with cedar root and dyed cedar root (brown) twilled pattern. Upper and lower bands are the same technique but cedar root is plain and pink design appears on both interior and exterior of the basket.

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