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BasketNb22.86

Round basket with flared walls. Base and walls are decorated. Base has 2 bands of dark brown with the outer most band extending up the wall to an openwork band, with a third brown band above. Ten diagonal design of red and faded pink stitches are on the 2 brown bands on wall. Two re-shaped handles extend upwards from rim. Reinforced rim appears to be braided.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FinialA2536

Pole-like finial with five figures intricately carved. The finial is unpainted and has a peg protruding from its base.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FinialA2535

Pole-like finial with 5 figures carved on it. The finial is unpainted and has a peg protruding from its base.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket715/1

Round, tightly woven basket with brightly coloured bands of geometric patterns on outer surface. Basket has straight, outward slanting walls.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, dye and grass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.87 a-b

Sphere-shaped basket with circular base and mouth with lid. Base has warps radiating from central point. Light yellow decoration on walls consist of two rows of geometric design forming framework that contains 4 flowers, one diamond shape and the letters "Ketchikan, Alaska". Rim folded over to outside and secured by row of twining. Lid is concave with knob and is decorated with two rows of alternating stitches in light yellow and brown, between two rows of light yellow geometric design. Knob is decorated with one row of light yellow stitching.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and rye grass ?
Made in
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2483

Curved silver spoon with an oval bowl and a tapering handle with a profile bird-head finial. Features of bird-head extend out from the handle with the crest and brow band on one side and a jaw line below. Iris and brow band are slightly raised. Engraving includes details on bird's head, including a split u on the crest, an ovoid eye, and mouth and lines indicating the nostril and feathers. Angled ovoid in ovoid on the neck (handle shaft) u-shapes, split u's, and s-curves to large angled ovoid where handle widens to the spoon of the bowl. Wing and tail-like appendages on either side of the ovoid. 'Ketchikan' is engraved in a curve in the spoon bowl.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
silver metal
Made in
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Face Painting StampA2473

Face painting stamp carved from one piece of wood with a plain handle, oval in cross-section. The stamp is of a hand with a concentric ovoid palm and four digits curved to one side and tapering to the ends, all carved into a flat surface. The reverse side of the stamp is plain and flat with sloping sides. A hole pierces through the back of the handle from side to side.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressNb22.84

Helmet-style sea lion(?) headdress, with rounded head and flattened snout. Blue head with red around blue nostrils, in open mouth, scribbled below curved eyebrow bands and in crescent shapes on each side of snout and below mouth. Copper discs in eyes, nailed at centre and outlined in relief oval-shape. Open under mouth. Head is 2 pieces nailed together. Series of holes on top of snout, each side. Five holes (for teeth) on lower portion of mouth. Numerous scrapes on top and sides of head. Chip on mouth.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
paint, metal, copper metal and cedar wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.83 a-b

Small, twined, cylindrical basket (a) with knobbed lid (b). Flat bottom is twined at centre then alternates plaited and twined rows with 3 twined rows to edge. Straight sides are twined with 2 bands of design. The design is of diagonal black lines alternating with light brown ground and evenly spaced chevrons. The top row chevrons point right, the bottom point left. Lid is twined lid has short straight sides then slants up to knob. Bright green grass overlay row at top edge of knob. Imbedded dirt on lid, outside has darkened.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, grass and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.82

Cup-shaped basket with slightly flaring sides. Bottom has 10 rows of twining to start and the remainder alternates twining and plaiting. Sides are twined with raised parallel vertical rows of twill twined zigzags. Evenly spaced, overlaid (false embroidered) diamond shapes in 2 horizontal rows. Rim is twill twined with vertical warps exposed at top.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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