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BasketA1841

Openwork basket with a flat, rectangular bottom, straight walls, and an oval-shaped upper rim. Coiled basket with parallel slat base construction. Two rows of splint foundation with bifurcated stitches. Sides also have a splint foundation wrapped with cedar root. At half inch intervals (staggered) a coiled stitch is taken and the stitch is wrapped. The result is an openwork basket. Undecorated.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
Material
cedar root
Made in
Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1902

Simple brown and natural-coloured coiled work basket with bifurcated stitches and watch-spring base construction. The base has a hole in the centre. Basket also has a flange and a high rim. Decorated with partial imbrication. Double vertical design similar to that of an hour glass shape in red cherry filled with bullrush, separated vertically by a row of undecorated cedar. Red triangular design on rim filled in by bullrush staggered with other design.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ? and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trinket BasketA1906

Simple coiled work basket with bifurcated stitches and parallel slat base foundation. Basket also has a slat foot. Partially imbricated and beaded with staggered cross-shapes in red. The rim is beaded in red, and the foot is partially beaded in black.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
Material
cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA1908 a-b

Basket (part a) and lid (part b) with simple coiled work, bifurcated stitches, and parallel slat base construction. Slat flange on the basket (part a) with two overcast loop handles. Partially imbricated with a foot of one slat. Design in black/bullrush/red alternating and staggered with the same motif in red/bullrush/black.The foot is beaded in red. Double-stitch fillers on the lid (part b), while the side of the lid has discrete checkered areas alternating in black and red. Button handle on the lid.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
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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BasketA1910

Cylindrical woven basket with a flat base and a band of alternating dark brown and natural stripes near the centre. Centre of base is plain twined while the rest is mixed weave. The border is braided. Six horizontal (spiral) welt bands in dyed cedar root.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketA2278

Basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), elongated watch-spring base construction and overcast rim. Continuous imbricated design in red cherry bark: series of diagonal lines which intersect to produce a diamond design.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumstickA1614

Wooden drumstick with cloth covered head. Cloth is a light, ecru colour. Knob carved at end of stick.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumstickA1615

Drumstick with leather thong looped through hole at end of handle. Head bound with the goat's skin and wool.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood, goat skin and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA1616

Wooden spoon with a deep, elongated bowl and a tapering handle with a bird's head carved near the base; painted black, green and red.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleA1971

Dark brown-black, tube-like wooden whistle carved with a killer whale design, vertically protruding dorsal fin.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, fibre and paint ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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