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Pot2763/8

Small, heavily glazed dark reddish brown clay pot. The rim flares out slightly from the neck, from which relief coils wind down to join a coil around the belly of the bulbous body with small flat base. Small punches into the clay form wavy lines that fill the upper area.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/5

Basket with circular base and shape, woven in beige and brown. Designs created include diamond and triangular shapes, vertical bands of lines, small floral shapes, zigzags, and dots. The base is a thick weave in beige and, at the rim, ends are left in a fringe, except for three long braids of grass that extend up at each side and are bound together in a small tassel.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
pandanus leaf ? or dye ?
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/3

Basket or bag with square-shaped base and tassels at the corners, woven from grass dyed pink, turquoise, yellow and white. The design created is diagonal bands of the pink and turquoise beneath the name VANUATU woven in at the top. A braided border around the top rim extends into three long braids on each side that are all knotted together and the grass left loose at the ends.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bamboo grass ? and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/14

Flat, square-shaped, light-coloured woven basket or bag with attached long grass fibre tassels. Made of a panel of basketry, folded in half and sewn along the opposite and bottom edges, it has long braided straps that are the continuation of several of the vertical strands at both top corners; the other vertical strands end in tiny knots that form a fringe along the top rim. Long strands of dark brown are interwoven to create two thick horizontal bands with a light design of opposing chevrons.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu ?
Material
grass fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/18

Flat rectangular-shaped woven basket or bag with long braided strap. On both flat sides, pink, turquoise, and green strands are interwoven with the natural coloured strands to create a design of two wide diagonal bands that cross at rim centre, from where nine small braids extend up into the thicker braids that are knotted at the end.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
pandanus leaf ? and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waistband2763/15

Long woven band to be worn around the waist. Two panels of light coloured grass, with open mesh-work at both ends that finishes in braids and loose, tassel-like fibres, are woven together lengthwise, the seam invisible on one side. Purple designs, stamped onto one side only, cover the middle area and both ends are dyed purple with the tassels yellow.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/6

Basket or bag with square-shaped base and tassels at the corners, woven from turquoise and white dyed grasses. The design created is of diamonds within diamonds and a band of small white diamonds runs around the rim. A braided border around the top rim extends into four long braids on each side that are all knotted together and the grass left loose at the ends.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bamboo grass ? and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/4

Basket or bag with square base and circular rim woven from light coloured grasses. A design of squares around the rim and diagonal bands in the body is created by weaving together four different tones of beige. A tightly braided border around the rim extends up, at each side, into five smaller braids that join together into one long thicker braid; the two braids are knotted together and left loose at the end in long tassels.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
pandanus leaf ? or dye ?
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Canoe2711/1 a-g

Model of an outrigger canoe. The canoe has one lateral support float known as an outrigger which fastens to one side of the main hull, usally the port side. The outrigger has five spars or poles that attach it to the canoe by lashing. The sail is triangular in shape and woven from bark. Canoe (part a); six carved paddles (b-g).

Culture
Futunese
Material
wood and bark
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1280

The cloth is natural in colour with designs in dark and light brown. In the centre of the cloth there is a thick brown caterpillar-like figure with many rounded sections, increasing in size across the width of the cloth. There are many lines extending from the sections, much like legs. To one side of the figure, the designs are linear. Thick parallel brown lines have various 'v' patterns attached, some coloured in and some outlined. On the other side of the central figure, the designs are more circular. The parallel brown lines are fewer and have leaf-like patterns attached. In one area there are no lines, but many circles with leaves extending in all directions. The cloth is painted on one side but some paint has bled through to the backside.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
paper mulberry bark, paint and pigment
Made in
Erromango, Tafea, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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