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BasketA2.702

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.516

Flat, circular basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction and partial imbrication. Shapes in red/white/red create a flower with six petals, and three imbricated petals. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidD1.517

Basket lid of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction and single strand loop work rim. Decorated with partial imbrication. Right angle triangles in red/white around rim; triangular shapes staggered with those on rim in black/white. Inner staggered row of "y" shapes in black with stems facing towards the centre. Colour: tan.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, dye and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry LidA2408

Basketry lid of simple coiled work (unsplit stitches) with parallel slat construction. Partially beaded with shapes in black, in staggered rows (eleven in all) on top. Sets of three stepped lines in red on the sides. Rim is beaded in black.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.447

Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Upper half of basket is fully beaded on three sides in cat-tail (the rows are staggered) with single rows of black cherry bark. Fourth side is plain in the center. Rim is beaded in black cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.448

Basket with fine coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel splint base construction, and a foot of three coiled rows. Loops tied on for carrying. Decorated with partial imbrication in a vertical "half-arrowhead" design in cat-tail on red background. Design continues onto foot (three stripes per side, two per end).

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.449

Flared round coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and a foot of two coiled rows. Fully imbricated with four alternating rows of checkerboard pattern in red and dark cherry bark, and cat-tail grass (?) with dark and red cherry bark. Foot fully imbricated with dark cherry bark on top row and red lower row.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
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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BasketD1.451

Rectangular, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel to watch-spring base construction, and three rawhide loops (with a bit of string), two at either upper corner of one long side and one in the middle of the upper portion of the other long side. Decorated with partial beading. Vertical striped design of alternating widths (three stitches wide and then two stitches wide). The pattern alternates in colour as follows: one red/three cat-tail/one red/two black/one red. The pattern stops ten rows before the bottom. There is one beaded line near the base.

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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BasketD1.491

Large rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with three rows of zigzags, in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark, connecting to give a lattice of diamond shapes. The foot has three rows of beaded red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
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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BasketD1.492

Rectangular, woven, tan-coloured basket that flares upward and outward. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring base construction and partial imbrication. Vertical striped design in red/black/red cherry bark and white/red cherry bark/white grass alternating with a stripe of black/white/black and red/black/red. Four vertical rows on each long side and three vertical rows on each short end. One row of beading on the base. Pattern does not cover the four rows near the base.

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