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Button3261/10

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button3261/9

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
dye, swamp grass and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8797 a-b

Small, cylindrical swamp grass trinket basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b). Sides: two-man canoe with three birds in flight. Lid: four-part geometric design. Wrapped twined weave with very thick pieces of grass. Colours: turquoise, orange, purple, yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button2904/9

Tightly woven round basketry button. Button is light brown in colour with dark red border and dark brown thunderbird motif with dark brown circle in centre.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, paper and dye
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8798 a-b

Square swamp grass basket (a) with a square lid (b). Multicoloured linear patterning around the sides and lid: black, green, orange, and pink.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing537/52

Pencil drawing of a bird in flight holding a whale in its talons. Bird has an extended tongue. Both whale and bird are covered with curvilinear and geometric designs that resemble elements of Northwest Coast style. Red numeral two and "No2" inscribed in upper left corner.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing537/23

Pencil line drawing of a zoomorphic figure covered in curvilinear and geometric designs. Number sixty-six written in red, near upper left corner.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing537/37

Bilaterally symmetrical Northwest Coast style image of a bear in black, red, blue and brown; paper with image drawn on it is glued to a larger piece of paper. Ink inscription near the upper right corner of the larger paper reads: "Tsimshian House front Painting representing the Bear."

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing537/41

Reductive pencil line drawing of a whale; curved dorsal fin, sharp teeth, outwardly curved tail fin, curvilinear designs. Red numeral four in upper right corner. "No4" inscribed in pencil in upper left corner.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket537/12 a-b

A flared round light brown basket (part a) with a lid (part b). There are three horizontal rows of purple, pink-red, and purple above and below the main design of animals around the sides of the basket (part a). The main design of animals consist of a small pink-red bird, a large purple bird with wings outstretched, a small pink bird, a small purple bird, a green and pink fish, a small purple bird, and a long purple animal. There is a horizontal row of purple around the bottom of the basket (part a). The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The slightly rounded lid (part b) has a tall purple circular knob at the top centre around which there is pink-red, purple, and green swirl design outlined with purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark ?, dye and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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