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BasketA8799

Rounded, urn-shaped grass basket with encircling bands of multicoloured geometric and linear patterning.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar root
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8795

Round woven mat. Central magenta and yellow clockwise pinwheel type figure. Exterior border of magenta with yellow in between. In the middle, there are six purple ducks or bird figures on orange strips in an equally spaced clockwise direction in profile. Wrapped twined (or latticed twined) weaving with turned warp border.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8794

Round woven mat. Interior and exterior circular bands of orange and turquoise-blue creating the illusion of a 3-d design of rope twined over another rope. Two geometric modified purple-blue and yellow lightning figures with pink-red floral figures in between that have green leaves. Lattice twined weaving (similar to wrapped twined weaving) with central origin point.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8793

Round woven mat. Round turquoise center with uneven edges. Three purple and turquoise exterior bands make up the border. There is a checkered band in between with purple on the outer and inner edges and turquoise for the middle rhomboids. Lattice twined or wrapped twined weaving with folded over warp border.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8792

Round woven mat. Central yellow circle with concentric orange-pink and dark blue bands adjacent. Purple zig zag bands with red and blue composite bands as the middle concentric band. Lattice twined weaving with folded warp border.

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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MatA8791

Round woven mat. Central purple circle surrounded by several multi-coloured concentric bands that consists of magenta; yellow bordered by pink and purple surrounded by purple dashes; purple; and deep blue. Lattice twined weaving with central origin.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8790 a-b

Swamp grass basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Base (part a) has plaited origin with plain twining over wide warp strands. Sides and lid are twisted twined work. Slightly indented flange on the basket (part a). On the bottom rim of the basket and the side of the lid, there is a ribbon of black/yellow/purple/yellow/black. Sides of the basket (part a) have a main design consisting of two turquoise and black representations of an eagle with wings extended facing left and sitting on an arrow. Lid (part b) has a similar design of birds with a black/yellow/purple/yellow/black centre dot.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8789 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) with a fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Sides: one row of black on bottom rim; lower ribbon of brown/yellow/green/yellow/brown; central band of two rows of black scallops (one row pointing up, one row pointing down). Lid: sides have a black/natural/green/orange/ green/natural/black; ribbon of black figures on yellow ground, outlined in red and flanked by series of red two-stitch lines; central circular motif is maroon/purple/natural/black. Base: plaited origin and plain twined weaving (over wide warp strands). Sides and lid are in twisted twined work.

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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BasketA17197 a-b

Circular basket with flaring sides (a) and wooden mold (b); mould is sold brown wood with a knob-like handle in the centre. Ten multicoloured figurative images woven into swamp grass. Crossed cedar bark in centre of bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17163

Basketry-covered pottery jar. Base: plain twined or wicker-weave in coarse grass. Sides: wrapped twined weave with openwork of crossed warp. Two bands of openwork frame two bands with faded designs. Two narrow bands of purple near the base complete the decoration. The jar which forms the frame of the basket is glazed in dark brown (possibly a Chinese ginger jar). Colour: natural.

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