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BasketA9015

Red cotton lined cylindrical basket (bifurcated stitches) with loop work rim. Watch-spring base construction. Fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?), including bottom. Design of outlined vertical rows of diagonal bands alternating in dark and red cherry bark. Base has alternating single continuous bands in red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and repeated. Bands are split in 6 sections by two stitch vertical lines of opposing colours. Coiled looped border is beaded with cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark. A pedastal may have been attached to the base at one time.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cotton fibre ?, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.328 a-b

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with rounded shoulder and attached lid. Parallel splint construction (top lid and base). Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with vertical rows of parallel bands in dark cherry bark. Parallel horizontal row at middle of basket, with perpendicular bar at regular intervals, in red cherry bark. Catalogue terms "design of flying insect". Lid has parallel bands of dark cherry bark at rim. One solid row of cat-tail grass (?) at top edge of lid, beaded rows of cat-tail grass (?). String attachments.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5029 a-b

Part (a) Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with rounded shouler, flange and lid, part (b). Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with parallel vertical designs alternating between geometric scrolls and zig-zags, in dark cherry bark. Parallel splint base and lid. Lid is imbricated on rim with intervals of dark cherry bark stitches. Row of cat-tail grass (?) at top rim, and horizontal rows of beaded cat-tail grass every other row. Skin tie on one side of lid, and one on basket.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cedar root, cherry bark, dye and deer skin ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.345 a-b

Part (a) Rounded cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Rawhide handle on basket and one thong on lid. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with design in dark cherry bark of alternating bands of 'succession of tepees' (as per label) and solid line. Lid is convex and has flange. Two rows of 'arrow heads' separated by solid line, all in dark cherry bark, with two rows of solid dark cherry bark at center, all on cat-tail grass (?) background. Fibre string attached to one side of skin handle.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin, fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.282

Rectangular, flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction. Upper half of basket is fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with diamond designs in staggered rows of dark cherry bark, and red cherry bark. Lower half of basket has "cluster of flies" pattern alternating between red cherry bark and cat-tail grass and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Rim has intervals of red cherry bark. Skin handles tied at each corner of one side and looped through front loop.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3219

Round coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches) with two looped rows between rows of coils. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated designs in three rows of squares alternating in checkerboard patterns of red and dark cherry bark, and dark cherry bark and grass. Two small metal handles, one on each side with fibre ties to them. Bottom edge is beaded in red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, fibre, cat-tail grass ?, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5065

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with double looped border. Parallel slat base construction. Upper basket is almost fully beaded, three sides have horizontal bands of cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark, alternating with plain cat-tail grass (?). Last two rows of plain cat-tail grass (?). On fourth side, top row is cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark, then horizontal rows alternate between dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), each row of beads decreasing in size. The lower quarter of the basket is undecorated.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cherry bark, dye, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7256

Diamond shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with double looped border. Imbricated design of square with diamond centers and pyramid shapes on three sides, in red cherry bark with cat-tail grass and diamond in dark cherry bark with red center, and on next side is black cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark diamond with dark cherry bark center, repeats for two other sides.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9013

Small rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with attached lid. Parallel splint base and lid construction. Beaded rows in red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), dark cherry bark, and cat-tail grass (?), repeated twice. Lid has similar pattern with outer rim in cat-tail grass (?). Skin tie holds lid to basket. Skin ties on front and back, most broken off.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
skin, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6392

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring construction. Rawhide tie and metal tie through the same side. Fully imbricated with overall checkerboard design in rows of alternating bands in red and dark cherry bark separated by cat-tail grass (?). Design near base is three rows of red cherry bark beading with one row of dark cherry bark beading below first row of cherry bark. Basket had small coil handles on each long side at one time.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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