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BasketA1892

Brown cylindrical basket with interlocking coiled work, bifurcated stitches, and watch-spring base construction. Openwork looped section mid-basket with loop work border along the rim of the basket. Entire basket is decorated with beading with the exception of the loop work. The sides are beaded in strips of red cherry bark and in cat-tail grass. The fifth row is red cherry bark. Beading is done in a 2:1 ratio with two beaded rows per slat.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA1893

Oval-shaped brown tray with handles at either end. Simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches and elongated watch-spring base construction. Two strand loop work border, coiled work handles and partial imbrication. Black curved lines radiate around the centre. Shapes staggered for three rows on outside, with some grass added into design.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
grass, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayA1894

Basketry tray of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring base construction and two coiled handles emerging from a double-strand loop work rim. Every fourth or fifth row is beaded with black-dyed cherry bark. The third row from the centre has cross forms, and the fourth row has triangular forms. The fifth row has triangular forms all in line with each other. There are double cross designs on the exterior.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1555

Wood paddle that is heavily shellacked. Blade is deeply carved in relief and painted with yellow, red, black, and green in the design of a frog ? on both sides. Has black ovoid in yellow tapering oval eyes, red nostrils, an open mouth with a red tongue and yellow teeth, hunched legs, green sides, and a different creature at either side. Double handle grip.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
Aiyansh, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1556

Wood paddle that is heavily shellacked. Blade is deeply carved in relief and painted with yellow, red, black, and green in the design of a beaver on both sides. Has black ovoid in yellow tapering oval eyes with black brows above, red nostrils, an open mouth with yellow in the middle surrounded by red, hunched legs, and red-brown cross hatched tail parts showing at either side with green at the ends. Large double handle grip.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
Aiyansh, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe PaddleA1559

Carved wood paddle, undecorated, with a long narrow blade. Handle grip is made from a seperate piece of wood. The blade of the paddle is long and ovoid in shape.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA1575

Short wooden paddle with a leaf-shaped blade. Complex design painted in black on one side of blade - dominated by a claw or foot design. The other side of the blade painted with the outlines of two intersecting ovoids (unfinished). Two painted black stripes and a printed "Mr. Raley" near handle grip.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada and Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1901

Brown basket with simple coiled work, bifurcated stitches, and parallel slat base construction. Cross-stitched on the rim. There are two coiled work handles on the ends, which are partially beaded. Decorated with two horizontal rows of beading per slat. Vertically staggered stitches in red cherry bark/white grass/red cherry bark. Three motifs per side, one per end. The rim is beaded in red.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA1589

Dark brown ladle with a deep bowl, incised lines around the lip, and a short, stubby handle with a circular hole in the centre. (Appears to be missing what would have been the main handle, at the attachment holes.)

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
mountain sheep horn
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry AwlA1600

Narrow antler tine that tapers gently to a dull point. Butt end is a knob where two other branches of the same bone joined together (now sawn off). End is incised with a series of parallel lines.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
Material
antler
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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