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BucketNa1073

Oval-shaped wood bucket; overlapped sides stitched with root. Brown painted exterior has two carved grooves. Attached by metal pins on both sides of bucket is a piece of walrus tusk with a hole in it and a hide thong tied to a walrus tusk handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
paint, spruce root, metal, skin, walrus tusk and wood
Made in
Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxNa702 a-b

Rectangular box with arched end walls, and niche on one side for metal lock. Hinge wire at two places on opposite side. Birch bark, with chevron designs of porcupine quills in yellow-white, brown, and yellow-orange, wrapped around sides. Arched lid of birch bark fits over rim of box. Ends and side of lid are lashed to top with split root. Wire at two points on one side, in centre of other. Chevron designs in quills interwoven in alternating rhomboids and pairs of stripes. Quill design in top; wide longitudinal band of symmetrically arranged triangles and rectangles, dominated by central equilateral diamond enclosing four petalled curvilinear pinwheel. Band flanked by narrower bands of four half-circles each. Designs enhanced with interwoven or overlaid quills. Lid split across top, and across one end. Scoring of bark for design planning seen where quills are missing on box and lid.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
porcupine quill, birch bark, wood, spruce root ?, metal and dye
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa714

Oblong basket made of birch bark--corners sewn with root or wood strips. Rim is wound with thin strips of root (?) and interlaced with fibre. A design has been scratched onto the sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark; exterior design is geometric with a linear triangle pattern covering all four sides.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine ?
Material
birch bark and spruce root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.241 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b). Diagonal twining in red, black and yellow bands on natural. Circular black design in centre of lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, spruce root and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.242 a-b

Woven basket (a) with a flat, rectangular bottom, rounded sides, a flat shoulder and a flat, circular lid (b). Bands of geometric and linear patterning around lid and sides of basket in red, green, yellow and purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, spruce root, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Root BasketA3136

Central band - "meander" pattern in purple bordered by red. Handle is natural and purple in a 1:1 ratio. Plain twined work; braided border; overcast handle; false embroidery.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3149

Two darker bands woven in with horizontal alternating bands and triangles, chevron figures between bands in orange and white "false embroidery". Twined weave with "false embroidery" (overlaid twined weave).

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3162 a-b

Cylindrical basket (a) with fitted, concave lid (b). Close, two-strand, plain twined weave. Decorated with four narrow woven bands of green on sides and three concentric bands on lid.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3164 a-b

Sides have three horizontal bands of alternating brown and plain squares. Base and lid have two circular bands of the same pattern and button handle on lid is brown. Plain twined weave with design elements in dyed weft strands. Knob handle of lid rattles.

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3083

Footed, cylindrical openwork basket: wrapped twined openwork basket with two wide strips of flat cherry bark woven in wicker weave; single coil border anchors braided trim along top circumferences; square plaited bottom two stripes of red cherry bark with dyed band above.

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