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Ball3414/2

Kilikiti (cricket) ball. Pandanus leaf strips tightly wrapped around a hard rubber ball.

Culture
Samoan
Material
pandanus leaf and rubber
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Talking Stick3439/4 a-b

Long carved stick that is composed of two sections that screw together. The lower half (part a) has a long plain section with a flat base. There are two areas carved with vertical decorations flanking a single ring, and one area where it tapers away in either direction from a ring. The upper half (part b) is carved with sections of four stacked rings, spiral as well as three sections where it tapers away in either direction from a ring.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3367/2

Large rectangular tapa cloth with overall background pattern stamped in light red-brown. Overtop are dark red-brown and black painted designs in flowers, diamonds, triangles and dots.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3254/39

Rectangular tapa cloth with one uneven edge. The bottom edge is serrated. The cloth is divided by lines with geometric designs throughout.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat3254/26

Soft, finely woven mat with a short fringe on three sides, and long fringe on the other. One side of the mat is fuzzy. (Small piece of tape with collector number adhered to one side of weaving.)

Culture
Samoan
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic3254/24

Dress composed of a long rectangular piece of pounded mulberry bark with a long, rectangular fringe and a diamond-shaped neck hole at centre. Each side is divided into by bold red lines, and has various geometric designs in black, red, white and yellow. (Small piece of tape with collector number adhered to shoulder.)

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic3254/50

Pounded bark cloth tunic with hand-painted geometric designs in strips, which run vertical. The end of one side has a serrated fringe. Tunic is open on the sides, and has a hole at the centre for the head.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash3254/30

A small rectangle of woven grass-like strips with unfinished edges, which create a bit of a fringe. The sash has been folded in fifths, and then in half. (Small piece of tape with collector number adhered to piece.)

Culture
Samoan
Material
grass ?
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3254/53

Rectangular woven bag. Cut pieces of grass are woven together, with the intact ends left out as fringe. Blue decorations are attached in a row to the woven area between each line of fringe. The back of the bag is plain. A short plaited cord of coconut fibre(?) is attached to the top of each side. The bag has a creased down the centre, and then two more lesser creases where it was folded again in thirds.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
coconut fibre ?, grass ? and fibre
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3254/55

Rectangular basket with outer rim of reed(?), bent to shape. Basket's exterior is woven in thin strips of grass, alternating between a dark and light brown, in geometric designs: rows of zigzags, lines, waves. The basket weave is bound to the rim by twisted fibre, which is looped over the reed. The interior is woven with slightly larger strips of fibre, but in a simpler pattern, and with only a few undyed strands woven in. The bottom of the basket is damaged, exposing the leaves(?) within.

Culture
Samoan
Material
grass, fibre and reed ?
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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