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Shell Basketry1003/18

Basketry covered abalone shell. The main weave is light brown with a colourful centre beginning with purple on the inside and working its way outward with yellow, red, green, and red. The sides are woven with purple animals and "UCLUELET. BC." in green. The rim has three rows of red-green-red around the edge.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ucluelet
Material
swamp grass, abalone shell, dye and cedar root ?
Made in
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.365 a-b

Glass wine bottle enclosed within a light brown basketry covering. Divided into three strata by two rings of short vertical strands, the woven covering features red and aubergine coloured images of birds, serpent-like figures, whales and whalers in canoes. A red woven cap tops the bottle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.331 a-b

Rectangular, green glass bottle with bulbous bottom, squared middle, bulbous top and slender cylindrical neck; bottle is entirely covered with a woven basketry sleeve (a) and cap (b). Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining and central checker work. Geometric design around bulbous bottom and top; four dark blue birds between dark blue and purple bands and eight purple parallelograms on squared middle. Two purple birds between parallelograms on neck. Tightly fitting lid with purple sunburst design.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.330

Flat-based, rounded jar with tapering neck and flared lip (a) covered in a woven grass sleeve; round woven lid (b) with knob handle in the centre attached to jar with brown thread. Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining with central checker work. Design of six concentric bands of linear patterning with various colour combinations: orange, green, purple, and red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cotton fibre, dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.329

Rectangular, tapered, basketry covered bottle with a tall, slender neck. The basketry is of very fine wrapped twined grass and cedar bark, with a plain twined base with central checker work. Design is six sets of concentric bands in purple, light yellow-brown and green. One wide band around top of neck is brown. Design has faded on neck and top of bottle. Stopper has crown-like metal top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar bark, dye, cork bark and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.222 a-b

Miniature, cylindrical basket woven with black-purple and yellow bands on natural swamp grass; three black geometric designs around the sides. Lid (part b) for basket has blue and yellow bands on natural grass with a black circle in the centre. The centre of the base shows strips of cedar bark.

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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BasketryNb11.221

Spherical glass float with a woven basketry covering; openwork and four multicoloured geometric designs. Cover's flaring, open rim provides base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.269

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and red border (one row). This is contained within a blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.268

Tightly woven button with a grey circle at the centre with a brown border (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles perched on a bent harpoon. Four alternating yellow and orange triangles are across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border with a brown circle before two green rows at the edge. On the reverse, there is one row of brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ButtonNb11.267

Tightly woven button with a grey centre encircled by a brown line (one row). This is contained within a red circle. Eagles are perched on a bent harpoon. There are four alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating yellow and purple triangles are on the outer border, encircled with two green rows and a brown row on the reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and paper
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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