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BasketC1482

Slightly open-weaved basket with a jar shape and a handle that curves from one side to the other. The basket has a wide opening with a thicker rounder upper body which tapers downward.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC996

A woven basket with a rounded oval shape and rounded sides. The basket has a weave design consisting of counter-clock-wise closed arrowhead-shapes around open work. The main design consists of three horizontal black bands on a natural background with the top band having an alternating pattern of four downward pointing vertical lines and four upward pointing vertical lines while the two bottom bands are simple horizontal lines. The handle curves from one side to the other and has a woven checked pattern.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC997

A woven basket with an oval shape that has upward and outward flaring sides. Simple geometric patterns consisting of two hour-glass-like shapes of purple and maroon on a natural background on each side of the basket at either sides of the handle. The handle curves over the basket from one side to the other and continues around the bottom with a reddish-brown woven zig zag pattern along the top.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa BoardIi7

A large rectangular wood board textile print block for siapo (tapa bark cloth). Carved with a floral design consisting of a central four-petalled flower with two pairs of leaves above and below and a downward pointing triangular flower with a stem and two leaves at either sides of the central flower with a tall leafed stem on both side edges. Both stemmed flowers have a horizontal row of zig zags above and below.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC998

A light brown round basket with a simple open weave pattern and a wide mouth. Plaited handle atttached from one side curving upward to attach to the other side. Flat circular lid is attached to the mouth of the basket.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest2596/8

Crudely carved wooden headrest. Wooden cylinder with rectangular centre cut to form two legs. Wood is split widely in two places.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2534/2

Rectangular-shaped tapa with repeating, square, breadfruit designs covering almost entire front surface. The design squares are repeated 3 wide and 5 long. The first lengthwise row has a single dotted circle at its centre, with four leaves around it - two painted in ochre, two in black. The middle row has a double-circle centre with all four leaves painted ochre. The last row has a triple-circle centre with same coloured leaves as first row. There is a thin unpainted border around all edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark, paint and ochre pigment
Made in
Salelologa, Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2596/4

Finely polished cow bone necklace strung on plastic filament (fishing line?). Small cylinder-shaped bone beads alternate with elongated rectangular bone pieces which curve to a point (like skis); ends of necklace have areas of just small beads. Necklace has metal hook clasp at ends.

Culture
Samoan
Material
cow bone, metal and plastic
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2596/3

Closed seed necklace strung on plastic filament. Small, round, red seeds interspersed with large, thick-shelled, flat brown seeds. There four red beads between each set of two brown seeds.

Culture
Samoan
Material
seed and plastic
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth556/2

Large tapa cloth with designs in two shades of brown on natural ground. Four lengthwise panels with various designs of stars, birds, heraldic and diagonals with writing. One end is cut close to the centre panel, the other has blocks with brown marks and numbers. The cloth is made of several pieces attached together.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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