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Salt Container3563/4 a-b

Woven rattan container with wooden lid. The round container is made of wood, covered in rattan basketry on the sides; rounded wood base. There are two small woven loop handles on the sides near the top. The wooden stopper (part b) is carved into a wedge shape, with a round plug that fits into the top of the container. An adhesive label on the base reads: "Ceremonial salt container".

Culture
Batak
Material
rattan and wood
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Medicine Container3563/3 a-c

Horn-shaped bone container with carved wooden lid. Small bone container with human figure carved into pointed end; hollowed out at wider end. Wooden stopper (part b) is larger than the container. The carving on the stopper has a rider on a 4-legged animal; the animal has a humanoid face and horns; below the creature's face is a small sitting figure. The stopper and the container rim both have holes drilled through them for securing with a small wooden peg (part c) with a flattened, round end.

Culture
Batak
Material
bone and wood
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Medicine Container3563/2

Horn container with carved wooden lid. The small horn appear to have a boar bristle fringe at the end. The carved wooden stopper is larger than the horn container. The stopper has a humanoid face on the front with an owl-like head above it; five human figures are carved in a row up the back, each with their hands on the shoulders of the one in front. The stopper is tied onto the horn with a thin fibre cord. There are holes drilled through the lid and horn for securing the closure, but the pin is missing.

Culture
Batak
Material
horn, wood, boar hair ? and plant fibre
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/4

Woven rectangular textile composed of three pieces of fabric sewn together. Large ikat centre piece is woven in dark purple-red, light brown, green, and blue. The centre piece is flanked by two pieces of fabric with a red background decorated with intricately patterned gold thread designs.

Culture
Sumatran ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, silk fibre and gold metal
Made in
Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2960/39 a-b

Small lime bottle with elaborate lid. The bottle (part a) is cylindrical, with a thick, round base and a flaring lip. The middle portion is light brown wood with a delicately incised decoration in patterns of triangles, circles, waves and lines. The lid (part b) is round and fits snuggly into the mouth of the bottle. It holds a carving of a horse being ridden by a man, with a smaller man crouched on his head. A snake balances on top of the smaller man, its body hanging straight down to where it merges into the horse.

Culture
Batak
Material
wood
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2960/38 a-b

Small cylindrical container (for tobacco?). The body is tall and narrow, delicately and densely carved in encircling patterns of triangles, swirls, leaves, and geometric and liner designs, in a dark brown colour. Both bottom and top of cylinder are painted a dark reddish brown, with a lacquered shine. The inside is hollow with thin walls. The lid has a round bottom that fits snuggly inside the cylinder, with a top that protrudes beyond the rim and a small round handle at centre top. Small triangles are carved into the outer edge of the lid.

Culture
Sumatran ?
Material
wood and lacquer
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong2787/20

Wedding sarong (tapis). Two panels of hand spun, natural dyed cotton are stitched together with a long centre seam. The edge at one end has a folded hem, the other edge is finished with a basting stitch. Hand loomed cloth has stripes of red, brown and yellow with mirror work and embroidery embellishment.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre, natural dye, metal and glass ?
Made in
Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Cloth2787/13

Ceremonial altar cloth in shades of brown and copper-gold. Black cotton warp, bronze metallic filament weft. Continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft with silk single filament yarn. Adat house motif, with buffalo heads.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, copper metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/4

Ceremonial cloth of handspun cotton, natural dyes, predominately red. Warp faced cloth, warp ikat is a cream-coloured chevron motif. Twined ends with fringe.

Culture
Batak: Toba
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/27

Turquoise silk cloth with an overlaid purple centre panel and a looping gold filament border stitched on around the edge. The top surface of the runner-like cloth is covered with a decorative hand embroidery of mixed gold and copper filaments attached in a couching-technique known as stumping, with the resultant cross hatching of the ivory coloured thread covering the under surface. Cloth has long twined strands that hang out beneath metal fringe at both ends.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, gold metal, copper metal and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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