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BasketD3.27

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and slightly flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white and brown maple leaf design of stitched porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
sweet grass, birch bark, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatD3.44

Brown, oval-shaped birch bark mat with red and yellow quill decoration in the centre. Two bands of sweet grass coils with a single band of zigzagging open work between them--all sewn with black thread--encircle the central birch panel.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
sweet grass, birch bark, cotton fibre and porcupine quill
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6253

Cedar root basket with wrapped twine openwork weave. Has a twisted handle that is threaded through each of the four loops on the four major warp supports. Bottom is not flat but is formed of triangular supports.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6252

Cedar root basket with wrapped twined openwork weaving with a warp top circumference, tapered construction. Handle is braided cedar bark at both ends with a plaited design in the middle. There is a piece of rope tied near the top. Tapered construction with no distinct base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre, cedar bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb633

Medium-sized, wide, plain open twine, yellow brown basket with an uneven, wrapped rim in alternating brown bark and yellow grass.

Culture
Yurok
Material
grass, bark and willow wood
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4118

Undecorated, openwork basket with overcast rim and string handles. Square in shape at the top, and triangular shaped at the base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3716

Openwork, flat base basket of cedar root slats and woven cedar root, with overcast rim. Cedar branches at corners. Two braided cedar rope handles at opposite corners, and three strings at other two opposite corners.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
cedar root and fibre
Made in
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.610

Cedar root basket consisting of interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat base construction with wide slat foot. There is a braided coiled border; coiled openwork. Partial imbrication; continuous vertical zigzag designs. Alternation of vertical stripe bands with vertical zigzag bands. The first is in bullrush with red cherry or in bullrush with black and red. Zig-zag bands are tri-colour.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC27 a-b

A circular basket (part a) and a lid (part b) woven with a triangle motif pattern. The basket tapers downward at the bottom and has a bail handle, the lid is lipped.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC36

Fan with circular blade composed of woven open coils. Two dark brown bands. The blade is bound to a wooden shaft with bark.

Culture
Samoan
Material
leaf, wood, dye and bark
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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