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Bark PatternNa715

Square of thin, papery birch bark with a design bitten into a circular flower motif of eight flowers all pointing towards the centre.

Culture
Cree ? or Anishinaabe ?
Material
birch bark
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.254

Single piece of light brown bark, brown white with cross-grain flecks on the interior. Rectangular base with v-cut sides sewn with thin strips of bark. Oval-shaped mouth is reinforced with two thin sticks sewn in place. The outside has a black pencil line on one side near the top and there is a number in pencil on the base.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
wood and birch bark
Made in
Moricetown, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LureNb623

Grey-green/brown wood wolf's head and four long petal-shaped pieces glued by pitch to the neck, then tied with strips of red-brown birch bark. The wolf is carved with tapering oval eyes, grooved pointed ears, a rounded nose, and a tongue that hangs out.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
resin, birch bark and willow wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1076

Heart-shaped fibre bundle basket; sides created by bundled sweet grass coiled around in a continuous spiral and held together with a lashing of dark brown thread. Sides flare outward from a birch bark base decorated with a floral design of yellow and purple circles and crosses in quill work, much of which is missing. Coiling interrupted by openwork pattern formed by bundled grass stitched into one zigzag.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, dye, cotton fibre, sweet grass and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxNa702 a-b

Rectangular box with arched end walls, and niche on one side for metal lock. Hinge wire at two places on opposite side. Birch bark, with chevron designs of porcupine quills in yellow-white, brown, and yellow-orange, wrapped around sides. Arched lid of birch bark fits over rim of box. Ends and side of lid are lashed to top with split root. Wire at two points on one side, in centre of other. Chevron designs in quills interwoven in alternating rhomboids and pairs of stripes. Quill design in top; wide longitudinal band of symmetrically arranged triangles and rectangles, dominated by central equilateral diamond enclosing four petalled curvilinear pinwheel. Band flanked by narrower bands of four half-circles each. Designs enhanced with interwoven or overlaid quills. Lid split across top, and across one end. Scoring of bark for design planning seen where quills are missing on box and lid.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
porcupine quill, birch bark, wood, spruce root ?, metal and dye
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa714

Oblong basket made of birch bark--corners sewn with root or wood strips. Rim is wound with thin strips of root (?) and interlaced with fibre. A design has been scratched onto the sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark; exterior design is geometric with a linear triangle pattern covering all four sides.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark and spruce root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2421

Four sections of a repeating green and red root border on rim; green root has been laid over lighter sections. The birch bark body of the basket is bent and laced with root; rim is overcast; exterior of bark is to the outside.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.706

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of alternating black and grey are featured at four points along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.705

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of alternating natural and coloured strips are featured on the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.703

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of alternating black and red are featured at four points along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

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