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Bandoleer, Shoulder BagE357969-0

From card: "This garment is worn around the neck and hangs down in front. it is beaded in its entirety, the designs being floral, the background is white with the exception of one panel which is of black cloth. At the bottom are green yarn tassels. Correct descriptions should be: People: Northeast Indians; Locality: Northeast Woodlands - W. Sturtevant Curator, N. A. Ethn. 4/85".

Culture
Northeast Indian
Made in
USA and Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Armour1922.950 A-B

Wooden slat body armour which has been painted and has small faces carved in a line round its middle. The slats are bound together with string-like binding; Good. Additional description: Armour consists of curved front and back pieces, each with an upper flap. Rear piece is shorter, but curves into a tongue shape at centre. Body sections secured together with four horizontal bands of lashing. Flaps secured with two bands of lashing. Front and back body sections decorated with a row of carved heads. The two flaps have a single head at centre of each. Armour also painted with geometric shapes. (J. Tanner, 1999).

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, paint and leather
Made in
Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Taino Universe Mask3096/1

Vejigante carnival mask of painted paper mache construction. Mask is mainly painted yellow, with cut-out holes at the eyes and mouth. The eyes are outlined in a red dotted design, with yellow and red flame-like brow projections above. Six long curved horns project outward at the top and sides, four green at the sides and back and two multicoloured at the top. The snout has a large open mouth with two upper white canine teeth. Signed and dated inside. (Horn repaired since photograph.)

Culture
Puerto Rican
Material
paper, paste adhesive, paint and gesso
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/7

Small round basket with imbricated decoration. Basket is wide at middle, inclining to a smaller base and mouth. Coil construction is tight, with a tight, even redbud root wrapping. The imbricated decoration is in large triangle and square motifs, six in all. Thin, short, imbricated lines decorate the shoulder just under the rim.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/6

Round basket with imbricated decoration. Basket is wide at middle, inclining to a smaller base and mouth. Construction is a small, tight coil with tight, even redbud root wrapping. The imbricated decoration is in double lines of triangles, brown and red brown, that zigzag across the basket’s surface, inside and out.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/5

Round basket with imbricated decoration and cotton thread embellishment. Basket is wide at middle, inclining to a smaller base and mouth. Construction is a small, tight coil with tight, even redbud root wrapping. The imbricated decoration is in patterns of stepped triangles. Light cotton thread has been sewn at the lip in several sets of two long stitches, with a single zigzag pattern amongst them.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root, acorn dye and cotton fibre
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/4

Round basket with straight, upright sides. Basket is flexible and of wrapped style construction. Woven decorations include three dual coloured, twisted strands of sedge root under the rim, a mirror image triangular design encircling the basket at centre, and an encircling line of small squares at bottom. The base is decorated with several concentric circles of various widths.

Culture
Maidu ?
Material
sedge root ?, root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/3

Round basket with imbricated design. Basket is somewhat squat, with a wide belly narrowing to a slightly narrower lip. Construction is redbud ? root wrapped on a willow understructure. The basket is decorated with acorn dyed imbrication in diagonal lines of diamond shapes.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tray3074/2

Low, wide, dished tray for sifting acorn flour. Under-structure is made of willow, with tightly wrapped root. Imbrication is a dark brown colour in a lizard track design, spiraling from the rim in toward the centre or base on both interior and exterior of the tray.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root and acorn dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3074/1

Tall, round basket has a willow root under-cage, with wrapped root. Base contains a central punt. Horizontal sections of root are dyed slightly darker to make a ringed pattern. Remnants of red dye can be seen in a few areas. From both top rim and 6cm from bottom hang fringes of small, conical, tin noisemakers attached to short lengths of hide.

Culture
Maidu
Material
redbud root ?, willow root, skin, tin metal and dye
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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