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Container3274/78

Barnacle turmeric container nestled in a coconut fibre cordage macrame net and handle. Attached to the macrame are four frond bannerettes.

Culture
Yapese
Material
acorn barnacle, coconut fibre and coconut leaf
Made in
Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
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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Coiled Basket with spiralling triangle patterns46.136.2

Gift of Pratt Institute

Culture
Pomo
Material
clam shell, acorn woodpecker feather, quail feather, bulrush and sedge root
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Ear Bones (Bo-no)08.491.8826a-b

Earplugs. A red-feathered disk is surrounded by white beads and attached to a carved piece of bone. Pendants of abalone are suspended from the red disk.

Material
crane wing bone, sedge root, acorn woodpecker scalp, feather, glass bead, string and abalone shell
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Head Plume (Wo-lo-wai-to), One of a Pair08.491.8801.1

At either side of this bunch of owl feathers are one or two pairs of triple pronged ceremonial hairpins. Wire is used as their base as the desired effect is to make them tremble as the dancer moves.

Material
red-shafted flicker feather, acorn woodpecker scalp feather, valley-quail topknot feather, abalone shell, glass bead, oak, iron wire and cotton string
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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