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Basketry CupA2.627

Basketry cup. Plain twined work. Fully false embroidered stepped design (called shaman's hat design) in red and yellow on a natural grass ground. Coated with laquer inside.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, aniline dye, swamp grass and lacquer
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.81 a-b

Woven basket with base and lid. Base - mixed twined weaving: sides - plain twined work with mixed twined work border; lid - plain twined with rattle section: design is false embroidered. Sides - two bands of a "meander" pattern in purple on brown bordered with red. Lid - similar pattern; false embroidery on lid is green; lid has raised centre that rattles.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1813

Oblong basket in plain twined work with embroidered design; braided handle and rim. Zig-zaged pattern with "v's" in alternating colours of purple and orange on strips of brown. Handle has a strand of orange grass running through it.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye, grass and spruce root
Made in
North America
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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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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BasketA8809

Cylindrical spruce root basket. Six horizontal bands of alternating red and natural grass with double row of triangles in alternating natural and red in the middle. Two strand twined weaving "false embroidery" (which is overlaid twined weaving).

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA8917

Plain, with typical bowl shape. Tip of handle is indented on both sides. Pronounced black scratches on handle.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA8913

Typical bowl shape with incised geometric design on handle.

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