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BasketNa1719

A square based birch bark container with round rim. The sides are sewn together in overlapping panels with root. The top is bound with overlapping stitches and there is a skin handle. There are three flowers painted on one side, one flower and two leaves on the other.

Culture
Ojibwa ?
Material
birch bark, root, paint ? and skin
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7206

Brown birch bark basket with a circular top and a square bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root. Floral patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7207

Light brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square-shaped bottom--bark is bent and laced together with root (?). Upper rim of the basket is lined with a splint bound with thin strips of root (?). A floral design has been scratched onto the sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark, root ? and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1479/7 a-b

Brown-red coloured birch bark container with lid that is narrower and rounded at rim and square at the base. Lid inserts into round top and has a scalloped-cut edge with horizontal stitching. Leather handle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
birch bark and leather skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1479/6

Birch bark container with linear, triangular designs (horizontal) around the outside. Reddish pigment is on the background of the outside of the piece and the rim has staggered overstitches. On both sides of the outside, larger triangular stitches (vertical) attache the birch bark pieces together.

Culture
Gitxsan ? or Wet'suwet'en ?
Material
birch bark, pigment and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1431/9 a-b

Brown-red coloured birch bark container with lid. The container is wider at the bottom, has rectangular bark panels connected to each other side-by-side by vertical bark stitching, and narrows towards a protruding red-brown bark-wrapped rim. The lid consists of a round piece of bark with a scalloped edge over top of a circular bark panel and fastened by bark stitches.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark and root
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box1251/4

Square box with four triangular flaps for lid. Sides are coil basketry with light brown grass coil and black thread; lid flaps are of birch bark perforated with star designs and edged with grass and light coloured thread; base is of darker birch bark. Two of the flaps are joined with a loop of grass rope. Label on bottom says, "sweet hay, birch bark, porcupine quill work" and is signed.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, grass and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1306/3

Birch bark container with round top and square base. Lid attached with piece of fibre. Leather handle knotted at side. Upper edge and lid edge sewn with overcast stitches.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark, fibre and leather skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1346/3 a-b

Round basket with tall walls and a cap lid; lid is held on by wide birch lip stitched to interior of rim on basket. Coloured geometric designs on both parts.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau ?” ?
Material
root, cedar bark ? and birch bark
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket998/15

A deep oval bark basket stitched together with white synthetic material. The outside is light brown, and the inside and the edges are red-brown.

Culture
Dunne-Za
Material
birch bark and synthetic fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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