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Basket2899/1 a-b

Large rectangular lidded basket with handles and a tight weave. The basket body is deep with a wide mouth, narrowing to a smaller base, with imbricated diamond, triangle and arrow shaped patterns in colours of tan, dark brown and red-brown decorating all sides. The lid (part b) is flat and has a low profile. It is decorated with imbrication similar to that on the body. The basket has two half circle handles attached at the shorter sides, just under the rim (one reattached in 2019).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Ring16/9427 G
Leg Ring16/9427 F
Wrist Ring?16/9427 D
Chilkat Pattern Board3379/1

Painted wooded pattern board for weaving a Chilkat style robe. The panel is somewhat rectangular except for the bottom right corner which is cut off at an angle. There is a rectangular human-like face at the centre front, above which is an eye form containing a frog face. Below the rectangular form are two inverted eye forms, to the right of which is a foot with claws. Above, are two more eye forms. At the midpoint of the side edge is a rectangular profile human-like face looking inwards towards the centre. Back is undecorated.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Tray3369/4

Rounded basketry tray with high sides. Sides are reinforced with cedar bark around the interior. Design around sides features a solid brown band above and below depictions of sea creatures, birds and boats. The rim is wrapped in a single dark green-blue strand, which also outlines the corner edge of the tray, and the square at centre. Centre of the tray features a square of woven cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
root ?, grass ?, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3369/2 a-b

Round basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket sides are decorated with a canoe and sea creature. There are three figures in the canoe, one of them holding a spear. The basket sides bulge at centre, tapering slightly to the rim, reinforced by a band of cedar bark. The basket also tapers slightly towards the base. The centre of the base has a simple square weave of cedar bark. The lid is decorated with a six-point star, faded to red and olive green, which incorporates the knob at centre. The imbricated designs have faded on the exterior basket sides and lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root ?, dye and cedar bark ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3355/1 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (part a) with a flat fitted lid (part b). The basket itself is a natural grass colour. Around the base of the basket and rim of the lid is a taupe/bright orange/taupe band, which also forms a circle in the centre of the lid. At mid-point, basket has two rows of offset faded taupe rhomboid/diamond patterns. Midpoint on the lid is a row of faded orange rhomboid/diamond designs.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3355/2 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Near the base of the basket and around rim of the lid is a band of taupe, natural and bright orange in sections of three. Both the bottom edge and lid edge are marked with black and natural repeating. At mid-point, basket has one green and one dark purple reptile-like creature with grey and orange diamond pattern between. Midpoint on the lid decorated with alternating faded orange and black diamond designs, around the small raised section at centre. Heavily faded. The basket itself is a natural grass colour.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coast Salish Potlatch Dress3339/1

Tunic-style dress made of woven cedar bark, with full-length wool panel down the centre front. Wool woven around cedar bark in horizontal rows throughout dress. Cedar bark and dark brown wool fringe along bottom edge. Dark brown wool fringe down entire left and right sides of dress. Wool panel on front has white background with mirrored chevron pattern. Small teal diamond in middle of pattern with alternating light blue, dark blue, brown and teal V shapes, on either side of diamond, until top and bottom ends of panel. Inner V’s made up of coloured triangles. Outer three V’s are solid teal, light blue and dark blue. Top and bottom edges of panel are dark brown. White wool fringe along top and bottom edges of panel, top fringe hangs inside of dress. Interior lined with dark brown wool.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo and Suquamish
Material
wool fibre and cedar bark
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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