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Bentwood ChestA8211 a-b

Rectangular bentwood box (part a) with lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different designs. The front and back have complex designs. The sides have the same motif of vertical sets of ovoids and u-forms. Designs painted in black and red with stylized forms. The lid has decorative brass studs on three edges; the studs on the front are all gone, except one.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
brass metal and red cedar wood
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA7960 a-b

Bentwood box of cedar wood. The front and back of box have symmetrical distributive designs in black primary form lines and red secondary form lines. Two faint faded red ovoid forms on sides. Part (b) lid is plain and cracked through center.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA17072

Bentwood box in an unusual shape, with two square-shaped pieces connected by a narrow passage in the centre. The corners were bent, with the last corner, and base, pegged and sewn with cedar withe. Faded face painted at one end.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingC102 a-b

Two small narrow circular bands with metal inlay composed of a cross with two geometric shapes at either side (part a) consisting of a diamond shape with a geometric shape or three geometric shapes at either side (part b) consisting of two outward pointing triangles with an I-shape.

Culture
Samoan
Material
tortoise shell
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.612

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--a small strip of bark runs underneath the rim as reinforcement. Large blue and red beads are affixed around the rim. A handle is made from a thin strip of rawhide strung from one side of the rim to the other.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root, rawhide skin, glass and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.614

Oblong birch bark basket; birch bark is bent and laced into place. A twig splint is overcast with natural and aniline dyed root. The overcast stitch forms a scallop - the colour sequence is as follows: red/purple/wide band of natural/purple/red/purple/wide band of natural/purple. The darker part of the bark is to the outside.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root and aniline dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.615

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; decorative bands of beading are featured along the rim in four spots. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
bark, birch bark, birch root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.617

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 birch root and partially beaded with crabapple bark. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root, crabapple bark and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.618

Birch bark dish. Birch bark bent and sewn into place. The rim is reinforced with splints overcast with birch root and decorated with black bark. A twig is laced on lower down. There are also heavier pieces of bark on the ends and sides for reinforcement. Light side of bark is to the outside and darker flaps are laced on the ends and sides. The rim is overcast splints beaded with black bark. Part of the overcasting stitch leaves the splints exposed.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
birch bark, birch root and birch wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8229 a-b

Bentwood box with four painted panels, and an unpainted removable lid (part b) with sides that bevel inwards towards the bottom. Two of the opposite sides of the box have similar designs formed in continuous black primary form lines and red secondary lines. On an adjacent side is a bird figure with an ovoid body painted in black and red. The last side is painted with two ovoids joined by a line, all in red.

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