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BasketA7212

Woven basket in a goblet shape. Plain twined weave with overlaid twined weave (false embroidery). Bands of alternate weft in faded blue and purple (from two strand plain twined weave) with the pattern at right repeating three times.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass, dye and cedar root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6676 a-b

Short, cylindrical basket (a) with a slightly convex fitted lid (b). Repeated bird motif in red and black around the basket's sides. Concentric bands of red linear patterning encircle a red and black central flower-like design on the lid.

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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MatA6662

Woven circular mat. Central purple circle with a toothed edge. Central band of yellow lightning band surrounded by purple. Outer rim edge has continuous inward pointing blue triangular band.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA6661

Woven oval mat. Around the middle, there is an alternating natural and purple band. The outer rim edge is purple. There are four solid bird-like figures, one magenta at each end and one purple at either side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6660 a-b

Small, oval-shaped woven basket (a) with a fitted lid (b). Multicoloured bands of stripes and patterning around the basket in orange, green, yellow, red and dark blue. Centre of lid is an orange oval shape, encircled by an oval-shaped green band. Cedar flange is attached around the underside of the lid's rim to hold it in place.

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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BasketA6658 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b). Bands of green encircle the bottom of the basket, sides of lid, and form concentric circles on top of the lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar root, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1545/3 a-b

A small slightly flared upward cylindrical basket (part a) with a lid (part b). A horizontal row of blue and yellow triangles goes around the bottom of the basket (part a), above which there are three green birds, and three red birds in a row. The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) is rounded and has a blue sunburst-like centre at the top with two purple, two pink, and two blue birds around it, and a horizontal row of purple around the side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
cedar bark, dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7494

Wall pocket bag woven of cedar, dyed cedar, and swamp grass. Twined weave in natural and dyed cedar with light coloured false embroidery arrow figures in swamp grass over five horizontal dark cedar bands. Consists of a back piece with two attached pieces as pockets. Has handles.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7465

Cylindrical woven basket with a thing band of green around the base and a thick band of purple and yellow geometric patterning near the top.

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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BasketA6657 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) with a fitted lid (b). Repeated bird figures around sides of basket and lid: a robin-like bird clutching a green branch and a red and yellow rooster-like bird. Compound bands of black, red and yellow around top and bottom. Central circle of blue and purple on lid.

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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