Umbrella

Item number B568 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Model of an umbrella. A long handle (part a) is split at the end to make four prongs and is wrapped with brown bark(?). The handle attaches to the centre of the underside of the umbrella's top (part b). The top of the umbrella is cone shaped, is woven in a herring-bone pattern, is decorated with a thick band of pink woven grass in its centre and is outlined in black coloured woven grass. There is also a thick band of pink bamboo that is attached to the perimeter of the umbrella top by evenly spaced bamboo loops. Part c is a long thin stick with brown bark(?) twisted around one end. Part d is a long thin stick that has no bark twisted on its end.