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MatZ 35112

Large rectangular cedar bark mat. The mat has decorative bands woven in cedar bark which has been dyed black. There are four bands with a chequer board design, with linked diamond patterns. The edges of the mat have two lines of darker reddish brown cedar bark, picked out with black lines. This mat is identical to Z 35114, in all except size.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MatZ 35111

Cedar bark mat which has been folded in half and is decorated with bands of dyed cedar bark which have a chevron pattern within the band. The edges also have a series of lines of decoration also in the black dyed cedar bark, and in red cedar bark.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MatZ 35110

Large rectangular cedar bark mat with longitudinal bands of red and yellow cedar bark. A central band of red and dyed black cedar bark runs down the length, and is crossed two similar bands creating a wide grid-like effect. The edges are also decorated with similar bands.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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MatZ 35116

An irregular shaped mat of cedar bark with a fringe on one end and several decorative bands woven round the edge and in three bands down the central portion of the square- shaped section. The mat is composed of a double layer of woven cedar bark,and has a large square section with two rectangular panels extending from the upper and lower edges with a gap in between. The rectangular panels are open at both sides and could form loops, they not attached to the square section but are an integralpart of weave.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Bark1926.569 B

A) A bundle of unprocessed cedar bark with a small knotted strand holding it together. B) A small bundle of split cedar bark which is ready for weaving.; Good

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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NecklaceE 1910.19

A large hank of cedar bark with deer hoofs attached. The hank has been twisted together and has two bands of cedar bark wrapped round to secure the hank together.; Fragile

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Decorated Skull2748/6

Decorated skull covered in clay with tight curls of human hair. A red clay face, formed onto a toothless human skull and decorated with brown, beige, and reddish orange facial tattoo, has Cowrie shell eyes, three rows of brown seeds implanted at the hairline of long twisted black hair locks, and circular bone earrings tied into a hole in each ear.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
human bone, human hair, cowrie shell, clay, seed, paint, cotton fibre and bone
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum2738/72

Large drum with both ends covered with skin, one of which is painted with a Corpus Christi scene. Skins are stretched and sewn around a circular-shaped twig frame, which are fitted over each end of the central orange painted wood drum, secured with another bent twig and bound with brown grass twine and leather fastenings that zigzag between the two. On the painted end, in pink, yellow, black and blue on a white background, is depicted an elaborately costumed Corpus Christi dancer, a female spectator, an official and a spotted bird.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, skin, paint, leather skin, grass fibre and metal
Made in
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaperEd5.1953 a-c

Non-mounted, brown-black rectangular paper sample (c) 36 x 25 cm, with gold lines and rows of characters along the short axis, framed by gold lines across the long axis; straight edges. Separate protective tissue. Pebble finished, rectangular white card (b), 50 x 36 cm, with black printing in Japanese and English, describing the sample. Protective folder (a); light white-brown with irregular deckle edge on all sides. Sample has two faint black circular patches along one margin.

Culture
Japanese
Material
mulberry paper, paper and ink
Made in
Fukui, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaperEd5.1952 a-h

Five dyed washi samples (c-g) 31.2 x 24.2 cm, wrapped in folded white-brown translucent, fibrous machine made paper, 61.5 x 46 cm. Unfolded. The five rectangular samples have a watermark pattern of closely spaced horizontal and widely spaced vertical lines; lighter and darker fibres and specks. Three cut edges, one short edge retains irregular deckle edge. Black printed, pebble finished, white, machine made card (h), with information on samples in Japanese and English. 50.2 x 36 cm. Protective folder, light white-brown pebble finish, opaque with irregular deckle edges, slightly bunched in one corner.

Culture
Japanese
Material
mulberry paper, paper and ink
Made in
Iwate, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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