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FigureA3688

Human shape carved from wood, employing grain of wood for facial design.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketA1845

Double cylindrical roughly coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction. Undecorated.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trinket BasketA1856

Basket with simple interlocking coiled work, bifurcated stitches, and watch-spring base construction with a foot one slat high. Overcast rim separates to form two small handles. Decorated with imbricated designs. The rim is beaded in red cherry bark. The body has partial imbrication of four vertical continuous panels, three stitches wide, in red cherry bark, bullrush, and red cherry bark. The foot also has some beading in red cherry bark.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
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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BasketA1857

Rectangular woven basket with a handle across the top and one strand of loop work around the rim; plaited checker work and a diagonally plaited handle. Plaid design in black cedar bark; handle and loops also have black strands.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1858 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) with a flat bottom, straight sides, and a fitted lid (b). Imagery of whales, whaling canoes, and birds on sides and lid in purple, orange, red green and yellow; bands of colour trim the edges. Sides: wrapped twining. Base and warp: checker work and twined weaving. Swamp grass overlay.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1859

Parallel slat base construction, rest of basket including attached lid is coiled work (with bifurcated stitches). Imbricated design of red and black concentric open diamond shapes with bordering vertical lines. Thin metal wire at front of basket.

Culture
Coast Salish: Klallam
Material
cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA1976

Brown basket (part a) and lid (part b) with interlocking coiled work, bifurcated stitches. Sides (part a) have eight vertical designs (three each on the long sides and two each on the ends) in red cherry bark with white grass. Design consists of a black/white centre of a vertical row of diamond shapes with the same in red at either end. Smae black/white centre at the ends. The basket has a foot that is beaded with large strips of red cherry bark. There is some beading on the lid (part b), but most of the beading has been lost. Parallel slat base and lid and a foot composed of a 1" slat.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and canary grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1977

Tall cylindrical, roughly coiled basket (furcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction. Uneven rim. Undecorated.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1978

Cylindrical shaped plaited basket with braided rim. Light brown in colour.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1982

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) unfinished? Elongated watch-spring base construction. Partial imbrication with arrowhead design around rim, in red and black cherry bark, alternated with figures in black bark and white grass. Line of red imbrication below.

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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