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BasketA9363

Twined, rounded spruce root basket with loops on the rim and an expansive stepped design.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
spruce root and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA9359

Small cylindrical basket with a wave motif and several animal figures in purple and red: three birds, a whale and a dog-like figure. Wrapped twined weaving on sides and base; folded warp rim.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8995

Oblong spruce root basket; base - mixed twined work; sides - plain twined weave with false embroidered design. Two discrete designs on either side; geometric pattern formed around two concentric diamonds.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and swamp grass
Made in
Skagway, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8994

Twined spruce root basket; plain twined work with twilled pattern. False embroidered bands. Bands of red/green/red (Emmons' strawberry weave) in alternating coloured/natural; diagonal twilled pattern running through bands.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8993

Spruce root basket with lid; sides - two strand twined with overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery); base - twined and wicker weaving. Sides - natural grass meander pattern on black ground; top - meander pattern minus bottom line. Lid is attached to base by one stitch.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye, grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8992

Open spruce root basket; fine twined work; braided border; embroidered design. Two ribbons of pattern in yellow on black ground bordered by red; in the centre is a stepped design in squares of yellow/green/yellow on a red ground bordered by black.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye, swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8991

Twined spruce root basket; base is mixed twined work (plain twining alternation with plain twining). Sides are plain twined; design is false and true embroidered. Two double rows of diagonal twined work near base in natural and dark brown. Main ribbon of design has the "tattoo" pattern (Emmons, Desing 35) (a sideways "h") in dark brown, and a stepped design in yellow/brown/yellow. Bordered by yellow bands, and all on brown bands. Dark brown rim.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, grass and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8860

Swamp grass covered glass jar. Plain bands of colour top and bottom with two interior bands of green twined with red. Inside this are a row of purple birds along the top, a row of purple whales in the centre, and a row of alternating two-man canoes (one of which has line to whale) and ducks along the bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17161 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a fitted lid (b); lid has a raised, knob-like handle in centre. Decoration on sides of basket: two birds, each clutching an arrow; a thin set of circumferal bands (yellow enclosed by dark red) near the base, with a similar set of bands near the edge of lid. Lid: a four-colour whirlpool design around knob on the lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8526 a-b

Spruce basket with lid: twined weave (two strand) with four darker strands woven in and false embroidery in outlined forms. Geometric design.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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