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PillowB573

A small circular head cushion with a hole at the centre. Fancy twist "weave" around the edge.

Culture
Turi
Material
palm leaf ? or bamboo leaf ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PloughB571

Model plough. Light wood colour. Plough has a wide rectangular base that is incised at one end and holds a long and flat blade. The other end of the base is more narrow. A long rectangular piece of wood is embedded into the narrow part of the base and protrudes upwards. Attached to it is a narrow and slightly rounded piece of wood. Together, they made a long handle that rests perpendicular to the base and blade. There are two rectangular cut-outs in the base. One is near the centre of the base on the top and one is on the underside of the base near the blade.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB569 a-b

Basket base (a) with lid (b). Double layer of weaving: the inside is herring-bone weave and the outside is a regular warp and weft weave. Dyed pink and black wefts around centre of base and over lid. Forged iron handles on lid and base.

Culture
Turi
Material
bamboo grass, dye, stem ? and iron metal
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Winnowing BasketB567

Scoop or shovel-shaped basket, woven with natural coloured grass. One side curves upwards and the other side widens to a flattened edge. The perimeter of the entire tray is lined with a thick piece of bamboo that is secured by eleven sections of stitched grass.

Culture
Santal
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB565

Model of grain basket. Thick band of green coloured grass is placed around outer and inner rim of basket and is secured by eight evenly spaced vertical loops. The outside of the basket is in the natural colour. The inside of the basket has both natural and pink striped designs in a herring-bone type pattern.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
stem ? and bamboo grass
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB564

Basket with geometric design painted on with pink dye (?). Square base and round top.

Culture
Tun
Material
bamboo grass and dye ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolB561

Stool with a wooden frame that has turned legs with domed tops, and the seat is made from woven dyed jute fibre with a blue and off-white concentric diamond pattern.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood, jute fibre and dye
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolB560

Stool with wooden frame and woven stem (?) seat. The legs are each carved with beveled top corners, a slight beveled protrusion beneath the squarish top section, and a flared foot. Mortise and tenon joints.

Culture
Gond
Material
wood and stem ?
Made in
Madhya Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ManuscriptB557

Palm leaf manuscript with red wood covers and a long red cord. There is a decorative ivory rosette securing one end of the red cord fastener. The inside pages are covered in script and held in position by the threaded cord.

Culture
Kerala
Material
wood, palm leaf, fibre, ink and ivory ?
Made in
Kerala, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB764

The red-brown wood shaft (part a) is decorated with red and black stiff hair, either goat hair dyed red or mithune (wild buffalo), as well as long red-brown hair. There are metal deltoid-shaped points at both ends, one of which is loose (part b).

Culture
Naga
Material
iron metal, horse hair and wood
Made in
Nagaland, India ? or Assam, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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