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BasketEdz1362 a-b

Basket (a) with upright handle and separate lid (b). Body of basket is plaited, weft has zigzag appearance over wider horizontal warps. Border and footed twisted withe-like elements; fine wicker work above foot; handle is bamboo slats, wrapped with twisted elements at corners and on either side of wrapped circle on top. Brown overall with multi-coloured floral and bird design. Rooster and chrysanthemums on one side and a crested, long-tailed bird (pheasant?) with gardenia like flowers on the other. Handle, green outside, natural inside and warp ties (some red); border and base remnants of red; wicker work blue and white. Five wrapped bamboo strips, reinforced base. Lid has convex plaited top, rim as basket border, wicker work between, colour as basket. Painted design, blue vase with gardenia-like flowers; vegetables (?) in a basket on right and ceramic dish on left; two red and white fruit (persimmons?) to right.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paint and bamboo grass
Made in
Shantou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEdz1027 a-b

Round, low basket (part a) of finely split bamboo with traces of green dye, especially inside lid (part b) and on bottom. Lid (part b) is ornamented with light purple glass bangles secured with finely knotted yellow cotton cord. Eleven Chinese coins are sewn on lid (part b) with light purple, yellow, green, and blue glass beads.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, cotton fibre, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEdz1026 a-b

Basket (part a) with lid (part b) of fine split bamboo, round with red lacquer on rims. Lining of woven flat bamboo strips, dyed red-brown lid, also lined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.591 a-b

Wicker weave with twilled weave for patterns. Running pattern on top and side (with pattern running clockwise on top, and counter-clockwise on the sides). The colour is dark greyish-blue-purple.

Culture
Aleut
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Nome, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.1

Brown, rectangular, picnic-like basket with a handle arching from one side to the other. Basket has a checker work (plaited) bottom and wicker work sides.

Culture
Mohawk: Kanienkehaka
Material
birch bark ?
Made in
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.3

Square bottomed, circular woven basket with a thin, flat topped handle bridging the centre. Split strips; wicker work sides, checker work (plaited) bottom.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
ash wood and sweet grass ?
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.4 a-b

Flat bottomed, circular woven basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid. Lid has a radial woven design with the red-coloured strips used for the warp overlapping at the centre. Basket's bottom is made from overlapping, thick, bright red strips. Top rim of basket features a broad band of bright red weaving. Bottom rim of lid is woven with a single, thin strip of red material.

Culture
Panawahpskek
Material
sweet grass and red willow wood ?
Made in
Penobscot, Maine, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.30 a-b

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom, rounded edges, and a flat, fitted lid with a small round knob in the centre; entire basket is woven in a checked pattern, alternating between light yellow-brown and a dark black-purple colour.

Culture
Cherokee ?
Material
grass and dye
Made in
USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.31 a-b

Circular basket (part a) woven of braided sweet grass (3 strand), executed in wicker style over split wood. Basket has a flat lid (part b) with a loop on one edge that is tied to another loop with string (originally attached to the basket). Interior of basket is padded with a white-grey woolen material and lined with shiny pink cloth.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
sweet grass, alder wood, fibre and wool fibre ?
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.32

Brown, spherical, wickerwork basket with a wrapped handle that arcs from one side to the other.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
willow wood
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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