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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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Model CanoeD3.35

Model birch bark canoe with six cross-beams and twelve ribs.

Culture
Ojibwa ?
Material
birch bark and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.21 a-b

Oval-shaped birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid. Top of lid and sides of basket are entirely covered with multicoloured quillwork--a geometric design on the lid and a zigzagging pattern around the sides. Sides of the lid are made of thin, dark brown strips of willow interwoven with flattened, white quills to create a checkered geometric pattern. Bottom of basket is made from a wooden panel nailed to the birch bark sides

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, willow wood, dye, metal and sweet grass ?
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeD3.193

Model version of an Eastern woodlands style canoe. Canoe is made from birch bark lashed to a wooden frame with root lacings. Upper edge of the canoe is rimed with a slender branch that is overcast with strips of root. Black, resinous pitch is used to patch seams and holes in the birch bark.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
birch bark, wood, resin and root
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA2.572

Model birch bark canoe with three cross-beams and one end covered in rawhide. Sides of the canoe have been dyed red, with a linear pattern marked into the bark near the top of the gunwales. A small black and brown carved wooden paddle is attached to one of the cross-beams with a fibre cord.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, rawhide skin, fibre, wood and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe3680/1

Child size birchbark canoe. Wood frame, with lengthwise wood slat construction; sheets of birchbark stitched together using long strips of root. Black resin applied along base and seams.

Culture
Cree
Material
birch bark, wood, root and resin
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA2158

Birchbark model canoe with wood gunwales, quill line decorations on bow, stern, and centre sides. Maple leaf decal at one end. Inscribed "Vancouver, B.C." on same side.

Culture
Canadian ?
Material
birch bark, wood and quill
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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