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Basket3131/8

Birch bark container. Body is made from a single piece of bark, curved into a tall cylinder, edges sewn together with a thin bark strip. Bottom is reinforced with a narrow strip of bark nailed into place. Rim protrudes and is wrapped with thin strips of bark. Lid is attached to body of container by a strap of hide that is separated at the midpoint in order to make three legs that connect to the body in two places. Decoration etched into the bark consists of ducks, trees, spades and hearts, as well as lines of varying thicknesses on container at bottom, as well as on lid.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
birch bark, skin and metal
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3103/2

Bent bark, square basket with rounded mouth. Rim was lined with fabric, then overcast with root. The outside is decorated with a pattern of alternating golden brown or brown squares between two bands of triangles. (Parts of the rim have thin fibres or plastic string inside.)

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
birch bark, root, plant fibre ?, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket With Handle16/9344
Cradle, Birch Bark16/9333
Basket16/9149
War Club16/8666

NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. MURDOCH, DAVID, 1995, Publisher: EYEWITNESS BOOKS - ALFRED A. KNOPF

Culture
Nlaka'pamux
Material
birch wood, antler and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Birchbark16/8419
Basket16/8360

THE SHUSWAP. TEIT, JAMES MEMOIRS, 4, 1909

Culture
Shuswap
Material
birch bark, hide, horse hair and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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