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BasketB37

A thin flat woven basket that has a square shape with the bottom end fringed. The main design is consisting of three equally spaced sets of five horizontal bands of herring bone woven decoration. Diagonally plaited with openwork strips.

Culture
Iban ?
Material
grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB32

One large and five small lobed pendants with traces of molded leaf and branch decoration in black. Combined with glass beads of various colours including blue-green, red, white, and black. The molded decoration seems similar to the design on stem B57.

Culture
Iban
Material
fibre, glass and copper metal
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife3589/1 a-b

Ceremonial parang (part a) with scabbard (part b). Long knife has a cylindrical horn hilt that tapers towards top; rectangular protrusion extends from left side. Both top half of hilt and protrusion are hollowed out. Circular, curvilinear, linear, and fang-like motifs carved in relief along upper half of hilt; hilt grip covered with woven band of rattan. Holes are drilled into the tapered section of the hilt, for hanging purposes; hilt attached to blade with resin. Knife blade is convex on one side, slightly concave on the other, and widens from the hilt; back edge of point is tiered. Linear, "X" designs, geometric, and curvilinear motifs incised along front of blade. Scabbard is composed of wood sheath for the long knife, and has a smaller plant fibre and fabric sheath tied to back with rattan. Wood sheath is made of two pieces of wood bound together with rattan; upper two bands of rattan are plain, bottom four are tied decoratively. Panels decorated with floral and curvilinear motifs carved along front of wood sheath. Smaller sheath is undecorated and has two pieces of bamboo along the interior edges, providing shape. Long braided rattan cord, with looped ends, threaded through small sheath, for carrying purposes.

Culture
Iban
Material
metal, bone, rattan, resin, bamboo grass ?, cotton fibre ? and plant fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3448/40

Long, thin rectangular textile with braided fringe on both short ends. Woven geometric patterns in light orange-yellow and dark purple-red on a bright orange-red background. Both sides are lined with solid vertical bands of red, light orange-yellow, dark purple-red, light orange-yellow, dark purple-red and then a thin red, working from the outside-in.

Culture
Iban ?
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Borneo, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Human SkullB502

Skull (without jaw) in a rattan holder made with an open knot-like weave.

Culture
Iban ?
Material
human bone and rattan
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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