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Basket2928/4

Round, woven cedar basket with lid. Basket is coiled in construction, with an imbricated design on the exterior of sets of inverted triangles in light brown, dark brown and red. The lid is slightly convex, decorated with a four point imbricated star. It is attached to the basket by long hide strips that tie in the centre over a small flap of leather. Four small holes are pierced through the edge of the lid through which the hide strips enter and attach the lid to the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark ? and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2928/3

Large, circular, woven cedar basket with lid. The basket is round at the base and flares out toward the shoulder, narrowing again toward the rim. Basket is coiled in construction, with a fine horizontal pattern of imbrication over every other coil. Two small handles sit on the shoulder, attached by leather thongs. The lid is slightly convex and is topped by a coiled knob. The fine imbrication continues on the lid, there is a diamond motif closer to the centre, the knob is surrounded by an 8 point star in red and is topped with another in brown. Three leather thongs attach the lid to the basket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
grass, cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2928/2

Large, rectangular, woven cedar basket with lid. The basket is decorated with thick imbricated lines, horizontal, diagonal, and vertical, on all sides. Two long leather handles hang down, each attached to both long sides of the basket. On the front is a narrow leather fringe with glass beads, and thongs on both basket and lid to tie it closed. At the back are two leather “hinges” attaching the lid to the basket. The lid is very slightly convex.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark ?, rawhide skin and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2928/1

Large, rectangular, woven cedar basket with lid. The basket is covered in a checkerboard imbrication in light brown and red. A large imbricated zigzag is overlaid, in red, light and dark browns. The lid is flat and attached to the basket by strips of hide on one of the longer sides, while hide thongs tie it closed on the other. A large imbricated ‘x’ decorates the top of the lid.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/18 a-b

Rectangular cedar basket with lid. Basket bottom is pedestal style with four triangular legs. The shape of the pedestal influences the interior of the basket, with small ledges in each of the short ends, and the centre of the interior base lays at the centre bottom of the pedestal. Horizontal lines of imbrication in alternating dark red, light brown and black encircle the basket and base. The lid is flat with a rim that sits inside the basket and is also decorated with lines of imbrication in black, dark red and light brown.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/13

Rectangular cedar basket with one central handle. The basket has a protruding rounded point midway along the top of each of the longer walls where a long rounded handle is attached at both sides. The outside is decorated with alternating horizontal lines of imbrication in dark red and brown-black.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/10

Rectangular basket with two handles. Basket is made of cedar slats with cedar root wrapping. The basket is decorated on the long sides with dark red imbrication in an inverted central triangle accompanied by two smaller triangles, and an inverted black and white triangle on each of the shorter sides. Dark red imbrication encircles the base. The basket is topped with several rows of looping in a loose diamond pattern, each culminating in a long, wrapped, semicircular handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/7

Rectangular cedar basket with two handles. The basket is straight sided but flares slightly toward the top. Two long rounded handles are attached to the top edge of the long sides. The exterior walls are decorated with short imbricated bar patterns of light brown, dark brown and dark red.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/4 a-b

Round, coiled basket with lid. The basket flares slightly up toward the rim. The sides are decorated with a continuous zigzag stripe of imbrication in dark red, light brown and black. The base has a few strips of dark red imbrication. The lid is round with a raised knob and has a four lobed flower pattern in black, light brown and dark red imbrication.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, canary grass and cherry bark
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2911/16

Rectangular-oval basket with two handles attached along the long edges. Basket is made of cedar wood slats wrapped with cedar root. The basket flares slightly toward the top edge, and is decorated on the long sides with dark red, black and light brown imbrication in diagonal lines, as well as a dark red imbricated base. The basket is topped on the sides with three rows of decorative looping in a loose diamond pattern. Each side culminates in a long wrapped semicircular handle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and grass
Made in
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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