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BasketA2.622

Dark brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square-shaped bottom--bark is bent and laced together with birch root. Splint around rim is overcast and then partially beaded with crabapple bark (4-5 stitches every 1-1 1/4 in).

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root ?, crabapple bark and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd614

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; fully imbricated. The design rows, from bottom to top: geometric shapes alternating with checkerboard stripes; animal shapes; geometric shapes alternating with checkerboard stripes; zigzag pattern along rim. Patterns in dark red on reed background. Two hide ties.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
spruce root, reed grass, wood, rawhide skin and water birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.689

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square bottom. Birch bark is bent and laced into place. A twig splint around the rim is closely overcast for reinforcement, with several bands of crabapple (?) bark beaded in. Geometrical design is scratched on: two rows of scallops bordering chevron strip. Darker part of bark is to the outside. The overcasting is mainly thin strips of natural coloured root (?) with strips of black dyed root (five stitches wide) - two on ends and two on sides. Only the side portions of the natural root overcasting is beaded in a 1:1 ratio.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch root ?, dye, crabapple bark ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.691

Brown birch bark basket with a circular 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 crabapple beading are featured along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch bark, crabapple bark and birch root ?
Made in
Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.692

Large birch bark basket. Birch bark bent and laced together with birch root. Birch twig around rim is overcast with dyed root. Design is scratched on. Design on side one: vertical stripes of triangles on lines. Side two: vertical strips filled with oblique strokes bordered by triangles. Rim is overcast with dyed root (?). Dark part of bark is to the outside.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
dye, birch root ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.701

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 birch root and partially beaded with crabapple(?) bark. Geometric patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch root, birch bark and crabapple bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.602

Birch bark basket bent and laced into place. A twig splint ringing the rim is overcast, with wide stitches for reinforcement--seven blue opaque glass beads are laced onto the rim. The white side of the bark faces outwards, with a strip of brown bark running underneath the rim as reinforcement.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.1

Brown, rectangular, picnic-like basket with a handle arching from one side to the other. Basket has a checker work (plaited) bottom and wicker work sides.

Culture
Mohawk: Kanienkehaka
Material
birch bark ?
Made in
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.6

Birch bark basket with a rectangular base that tapers towards an oval-shaped top--basket is capped with a flat, inset lid. Birch bark is folded and stitched with strips of root (?), with a split twig rim overcast with a wide stitch at the top edge. Floral designs have been scratched onto the sides and lid, revealing a lighter shade of bark beneath. A strip of rawhide is strung from one side to the other to create a handle.

Culture
Maliseet
Material
birch bark, rawhide skin and root ?
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.8

Small, circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid--basket and lid trimmed with sweet grass. Both lid and basket are covered in white quillwork, with the image of a chicken in the centre of the lid.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill and spruce root
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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