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Basket3092/27

A round, intricately woven basket made from bast(?), with heavy patterning. The walls of the bowl are supported on the inside by dried banana leaf.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
banana leaf and bast fibre ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt814/4

Skirt composed of shredded banana leaf with a strip of shorter fringe at the top front and a longer fringe behind, both knotted to the brown bark (?) waistband. Vertical bands of dyed leaf in purple, orange, yellow and green.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
banana leaf and dye
Made in
Losuia, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatB633

Small, rectangular fibre mat decorated with two sections of horizontal bands in red, green, blue, and yellow woven into a natural ground. The coloured bands are formed by twisted cords.

Culture
Philippines
Material
banana leaf ?, grass ? and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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