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Bag1163/1

A woven bag, called saranip in the Ainu language. Vertical pieces of bark stitched with horizontal rows of fibre. There are three sets of red and green x-shaped designs. The long handle is braided.

Culture
Ainu
Material
bark, dye and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2875

Birch base with bark has carved figure of Ainu man with long black hair and a beard. Wearing a brown kimono with blue and white border and a green belt.

Culture
Japanese and Ainu
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2876

Birch base with bark has carved figure of Ainu woman carrying a baby on her back. Wearing a blue cap and a white bordered blue kimono.

Culture
Japanese and Ainu
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.918 a-m

Polychrome nesting dolls. The largest doll (part a-b) is painted with brown clothing, a blue and white diamond-patterned head band, a red waist line, and a yellow base. The next doll (c-d) is painted with brown clothing, a red and white oval-patterned head band, a yellow waist line, and a green and red beaded necklace. The next smallest (e-f) is painted with brown clothing, a white head band with blue dots, and a green waist line. A smaller doll (g-h) is painted with a yellow head band. An even smaller doll (i-j) is painted with a pink head band. A tiny doll (k-l) is painted with a green head band and inside it is a very small single piece 'doll' (part m).

Culture
Japanese and Ainu
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tray3624/1

Shallow square wooden tray or Nibutani-ita (二風谷イタ) with rounded corners and a raised lip, carved from one piece of dark brown wood. The tray is decorated with a symmetrical carved pattern made up of traditional Ainu spiral and fish-scale patterns. The lip of the tray is decorated at each corner with two wavy lines that connect at the corner with a darker scallop shape pointed towards the centre of the tray. The bottom of the tray has a rounded square dark background of fish-scale pattern carving. The lighter smooth pattern inside the tray is made up of a fish-scale diamond in the centre, with four thick, pointed spirals outlined in dark carved lines ending to the left and right of the tray. The surface of the spirals are shallowly carved out to be concave. Four fish-scale petal shapes are at the top, bottom, left, and right sides where the spirals touch. The top and bottom petal have two smaller smooth petal shapes nested at the bottom. Around the spirals, an organic shape is outlined in dark lines against the fish-scale background, creating a lighter rounded floral background for the spiral pattern and petals.

Culture
Ainu
Material
wood
Made in
Nibutani, Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Textile3624/2

Rectangular black cotton cloth with an abstract pattern of applique and embroidery in white red and orange, with some green and yellow stitching.

Culture
Ainu
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Shiraoi, Hokkaido, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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