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BasketNd608

Part (a) Small urn shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with loop work foot, coiled handle and lid part (b). Imbricated design of three staggered rows of diagonal bands in red and dark cherry bark. On shoulder near rim are four staggered short tricolour bands in red cherry bark, tule grass and dark cherry bark. Same configuration on lid with double stitches in black cherry bark imbrication near center.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, tule grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz678

Coiled cedar root basket with bifurcated stitches. Footed cup shape. It is decorated with a zigzag edge at the upper edge of the cup.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz677

Upward flaring, rectangular basket with coiled on slat construction (bifurcated stitches). Partical imbrication in band vertical column arrangement. Yellow, blue, green, faded dyes. Each long side has two vertical columns of yellow-orange outlined by green. Each short end has a similar band but with green v's within.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and tule grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa727 a-b

Round, closed two-strand twined basket with lid. Straight-sided, very finely woven. Approximately every 6th element in every 6th row is red (warp of same grass dyed red, otherwise yellow-green). Bottom of basket is coarser and darker red/beige. Blue band, a single element wide around bottom edge. Lid (b) rim is reinforced by cedar bark band. Red 'dot' pattern on lid, same as basket. Two small holes near bottom centre.

Culture
Aleut
Material
grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa726

Open, round cylindrical shaped basket, open twining on bottom and in alternating double row sections on sides, with rows of cross warp sections (3 sets). Top section is decorated with double row of black wave-like twine. One aspect of basket side, twining between open-work slants diagonally, interrupting the otherwise parallel lines. Rim, two strand twined; with twisted loops along top. Inside unfinished ends at rim and centre bottom. Two strand thread interwoven along rim.

Culture
Aleut
Material
dune grass, dye and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.341 a-b

Oval basket (a) with flat-topped lid (b). Lid has rim of reinforced cedar bark. Grass twining foundation over three horizontal elements (cedar bark ?). Bottom of basket has rings of open area where two warp strands of grass cross one another. Body and lid of basket also have each, two rings of open areas where pairs of grass warp strands cross natural colour. Body of basket has dark purple band with yellow zigzag design at mid-point. Top of lid has dark purple oval with yellow zigzag design.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass ?, grass, aniline dye ? and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.376 a-b

Oval basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Sharp shoulder with reinforced cedar hoop rim. Grass plaiting foundation surrounded by grass twining. One horizontal element within the grass checker work is covered by twining. Natural colour with a band of dark purple with zigzag geometric design at the basket's midpoint and in an oval on the top of the lid. Two rings of black at the base of the basket and at rim of lid. The lid has dark purple centre.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, bear grass ?, aniline dye ? and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.340

Small woven basket with an Open, circular, flaring cylindrical foundation of crossed pieces of cedar bark surrounded by twining. Bottom has been darned with wool. Natural colour with very faded reddish colour at midpoint and base. Twill twining at base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, bear grass ?, grass and aniline dye ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.244 a-b

Small glass bottle (a) covered with a basketry sleeve and cap (b); tightly woven, wrapped twining with brown, orange and green bands of linear patterning around the sides. Lid is natural on the outside and red on the interior.

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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BasketNd605 a-b

Round, cylindrical, coiled basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b). Has bifurcated stitches. Design is imbricated thin, horizontal bands of black, yellow, red stripes. Lid is also coiled and imbricated.

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