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PlaqueD4.75

Wicker plaque with bird design in four colours; purple, red, yellow, and green. One side very faded. Border pattern around edge.

Culture
Hopi: 3rd Mesa
Material
wood and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketE187 a-b

Tall, narrow, cylindrical, woven bamboo basket, part (a) with lid part (b). No handles. Undecorated.

Culture
Central Mexico
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.40 a-b

Small, brown, circular woven basket (part a) with a flat bottom and a rounded, fitted lid (part b). Rim of basket and lid each feature a thick strip of dark brown bark (?).

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
sweet grass and bark ?
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.152 a-b

Square, brown, woven, pouch-like basket (part a) with rounded edges and a square, hatch-like lid in (part b) its centre. Lid has a woven handle and is tied shut with ribbon laced through two loops, one on the lid and one on the basket. Decorative bands of grass are woven from each of the corners to the edge of the lid.

Culture
Panawahpskek
Material
ash wood ?, grass and fibre
Made in
Maine, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.22 a-b

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom, straight, vertical sides and a flat lid that is attached to the basket with ties on one side--two loops to be tied together with string are on the opposite side of the lid and top of the basket. Three concentric circles of black, red, and gold enameled willow ring the lid, while three similar bands encircle the sides of the basket.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
reed grass, willow wood, paint, lacquer ? and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry HatA1465

Basketry hat with primarily plain twined weave with some diagonal twined sections on the brim. Above the crown of the hat are a series of four cylindrical protrusions of plain twined weave around the sides of each, and twined and wicker weave on the underside of each with a hole in the topmost protrusion. Two bands of black on the brim and on the cylindrical protrusion below the topmost protrusion.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar bark, spruce root ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA1121

A cylindrical basket with alternate twined and wicker weaving. Repeating pattern of three vertical bands of natural cedar, two red and one purple-black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.188 a-b

Acorn-shaped, brown woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). Lid is woven with a thick band of small, curled protrusions along the rim to emulate the rough top of an acorn; lid also has a small loop attached at the centre. A thick band of a lighter grass-like material is woven near the top rim of the basket.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
willow wood ? or grass ?
Made in
Nova Scotia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8497

Spruce root basket. Base - twined and wicker weaving; sides - plain twined weaving with overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery). Complex meander pattern in purple.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and grass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB396 a-b

White and brown geometric and spiral design on the jar-shaped basket (part a) and lid (part b). The lid (part b) has a braided knob.

Culture
Philippines
Material
grass
Made in
Batangas, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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