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Tori Spirit Mask2814/11

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a long oval made of black resin painted with yellow and white circles and lines. The mouth and area around the eyes are made of balsa wood that juts out. The left eye is missing; the other is a square piece of metallic material. The mouth is a large circle with bug casings(?) lining the circle. There are tufts of grass around the bottom of the mouth area.

Culture
Makuna
Material
bark, resin, balsa wood, rubber, clay pigment, grass and metal
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nokoro Spirit Mask2814/1

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. The mouth is a triangle, the eyes are circles, the cheeks are semi-circles and there is a triangular crown design on the forehead. The face has a protruding triangular nose and eyebrows made of balsa wood.

Culture
Makuna
Material
bark, resin, balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2904/1 a-b

Tall, round coiled basket with lid (part b). Brown basket has slightly flared sides and the rim has a coiled handle on either side. Exterior walls have dark brown and red-brown imbrication in downward arrow pattern. Lid has tall, slightly flared central knob surrounded by same arrow pattern imbrication. Sides of the lid have vertical strips with alternating dark brown and red-brown strips.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2904/2 a-b

Round coiled basket with lid (part b). Basket has slightly flared sides and the rim has a coiled handle on one side. Exterior walls have dark brown, red-brown and yellow-brown imbrication in downward arrow patterns. Lid has slightly flared central knob surrounded by same arrow patterns. Sides of the lid have vertical strips with alternating dark brown and brown pieces.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2904/3

Rectangular coiled cedar root basket. Each side has a pattern of two dark brown and one red-brown set of arrow-like designs done in imbrication. Strips of dark brown and red-brown bark are also woven through the top row at the rim. Two strings of hide are strung through the top coil on either side, creating long handles.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2904/7

Tall brown birch bark basket. Rectangular base with rounded sides and oval-shaped rim. Bark is bent, cut and laced at two sides with thin strips of cedar root(?) in zigzag pattern. Rim has cedar root(?) wrapping and scratched zigzag pattern beneath.

Culture
Gitxsan ? or Wet'suwet'en ?
Material
birch bark and cedar root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry2928/7 a-b

Glass rectangular bottle covered in light brown basketry, with decorative red and green horizontal patterns and a purple swastika symbol on each side. The top tapers in slightly at the neck, which is cylindrical. The bottle has a woven lid (part b) with a red circle on top, in the centre. The base is covered with plain woven cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2919/21

Arm ring. The ring is made of woven reed and covered with black fibre, mud and white and rust coloured pigment. Several strands of twisted fibre are attached to one part of the ring by mud. The strands are divided into two bunches, each joined at the distal ends with a lump of mud that also holds feathers.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
bark, earth and pigment
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2909/1

Birch-bark basket made from a single piece of bark, rectangular at the base with four sharp corners. It is stitched together at each end. The mouth is rounded and scooped, with a spruce stitched rim. The exterior is smooth and holds several scars and irregular growths in the wood. A repeating pattern of leaf designs is etched into the bark and encircles the basket. The bark of the interior is rough and flaking.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nadleh Whut'en
Material
birch bark and spruce root
Made in
Nautley, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry2928/6 a-b

Glass rectangular bottle covered in light brown basketry, with decorative red, purple and green horizontal patterns. The top tapers in slightly at the neck, which is cylindrical. The bottle has a woven lid (part b) with small red circle on top, in the centre. The base is covered with plain woven cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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