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BasketD1.311

Small flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction (single stitch end reinforcement). Imbricated design of six vertical bands, two on long sides, one on end, in cat-tail grass (?) with red cherry bark diagonal stripes. Buckskin thongs and string on one side.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketD1.315

Large flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with skin ties, two on one side, along with black string, and one on opposite. Parallel coiled base construction. Fully imbricated upper half with central bilateral pattern on both long sides, and continuous wave design on short sides, all in black and red cherry against bullrush ground. Lower half: series of vertical red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) strips. Bottom has three rows of imbrication, two in black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) in between.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ?, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.316 a-b

Basket base (a) and lid (b) with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), and a watch-spring coil base and lid construction. The lid has an indented flange, an overcast rim and handles coiled over buckskin. The lid is decorated with an eight-pointed star design in partial imbrication in bulrush/black with triangles in bulrush/red around the outer edge and four small elements around the centre. The body is decorated with vertical off-white bulrush bands with a black or red meander pattern interspersed with small red or black and off-white elements arranged vertically and alternating in colour.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.348 a-b

Part (a) Tall, narrow coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches), with flanged lid, part (b). Parallel splint base and lid construction. Two strand twisted wool handle sewn on to basket in orange and blue, with red pom poms on ends. String through front. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass, with "flying goose" pattern, in vertical rows, alternating rows of red and black cherry bark. One vertical row of black chevrons between two lines sit between two rows of "flying goose". Same on back and front. Side feature elongated diamond shape in black cherry bark. Cherry bark beading on rim. The lid features elongated diamond shapes, alternating in red and black cherry bark, with tips of diamond shapes located along the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Tait
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, wool fibre, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.248

Large, roughly rectangular basket with a rounded shoulder and extended rim. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel splint base construction; overcast rim; imbrication and beading; canvas on exterior of bottom. Beading and imbrication; series of vertical bands in wide strips in black/red/bullrush. Background is totally beaded with red cherry in a "cluster of flies" pattern.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cotton fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.10

Elliptical, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from an oval-shaped birch bark panel with a white, green and red tulip-like design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.378

Rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with narrow opening and attached lid. Watch-spring base and lid construction. Fully beaded, alternating in rows of red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), dark cherry bark, and cat-tail grass (?), then repeated. Lid is beaded alternating in dark and red cherry bark every two rows, very center all in red cherry bark. Bottom is fully beaded in red cherry bark except for very center. Fibre tied to lid and rim.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketD1.285

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel splint base. Upper half of basket is fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with diagonal zig-zag designs, alternating between red and dark cherry bark, with diagonal lines, in dark cherry bark, between. Two skin loops and thongs on one side of basket, one thong on each short side, one loop and one thong on other long side.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.286

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and looped open work 2 rows below the rim. Parallel splint base construction. Imbricated design of two connected diamond shapes, in checkerboard pattern of cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark, flanked by two vertical bands of chevrons in dark cherry bark on cat-tail grass (?) background. Short sides only have the diamonds. Design called 'snake' and 'snake track', (from Lower Thompson area) on paper label. Plain foot.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.454

Roughly rectangular, tan-coloured, coiled cedar root basket with flared sides, elongated watch-spring base construction, five rawhide loops and partial imbrication. Vertical striped "cluster of flies" design in cat-tail grass and black-dyed cherry bark, alternating with lines of red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Rim is beaded in red.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, dye and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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