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TuskB691

Two curved tusks tied together at one end with brown fibre cording. Tusks are hollow and taper to a point. The other end of each tusk is wrapped with a band of reddish-brown woven grass(?). The overall colour of the tusks is white, yellow, and brown.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
tusk, grass ? and fibre
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB689

Conical basket with horse hair attached to the outside. Basket is decorated with light brown and brown-red designs near the top and bottom outer edges. Large handle(?) with grass(?) cording stretched across the bottom forming an X-shape. Two large sections of horse hair are attached hortizontally with stitching to one side of basket. Top section of hair has a shorter section of red horse hair.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
grass ?, horse hair, root ? and fibre
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB688

Cone-shaped hat with woven red and yellow stripes. Tuft of red horse(?) hair is attached to the top of the hat. Three curved tusks are attached to one side of the hat. The bottom portion of the hat is unpainted. The rim of the hat is woven of light brown coloured grass.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
grass ?, horse hair ?, tusk and paint
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlB685

Rectangular cotton shawl with a short fringe on one end and a long, twisted fringe on the other. The textile is dark blue detailed with three dark yellow stripes and bordered of a dark yellow band.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder SashB682

A wide fabric woven band. Main design consisting of multiple-layered red chevron lines on a dark blue background that has a cross-like shape of four cowrie shells or a large white circular button in between each section with a small white circular button above and below. Strands of natural light grey-yellow and dark red hair are attached along the bottom edge. Part-way through the ends of the band, they are stitched together with thread. Tassels are at the ends of the band.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
fibre, dye ?, cowrie shell, hair and glass ?
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlB681

Rectangular shaped shawl with cotton and wool fringe along one end. There is a dark orange border along the top and bottom followed by a row of black and white fine stripes. The central section is black with yellow and orange lines that separate each design. In the middle are two elephants with a horse on either side in yellow, white, green and red. Above and below the central figures are two birds ? and two flowers ? in white, orange, yellow and green. Bordering the middle are geometric designs in yellow, white, orange and green.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
cotton fibre ?, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileB674

Narrow textile, plain background embroidered with bands of different geometric patterns, in red, dark blue, light blue, yellow, and orange. Fringe at bottom.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Kathiawar, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeB546 a

Axe with rectangular metal blade attached to a long wooden handle. Grass(?) is wrapped around the centre of the handle. Two rows of red and black hair are attached to the end of the handle.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
wood, horse hair ?, metal and grass
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeEi28 a-b

Pipe with bamboo mouthpiece that fits into a wooden shaft and bowl carved with a humanoid head on the front of the bowl and two animal figures, one four-legged and one seated, on the top of the shaft. The end of the shaft is wrapped with woven bamboo, and the shaft and bowl are coated with stain (?) and varnish.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg51

Wood figure representing a person on an oval pedestal. The sides of the flat-topped rounded square-shaped head angle in such a way so that they meet along the middle, creating a natural triangular nose line. Beside the nose, there are eyes that are grooved out in a triangular way so that the eyebrows are a straight horizontal line. There is a small grooved mouth. The short arms are angled slightly along the sides. Has very long legs.

Culture
South India
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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