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Fan3660/31

Fan of white and some purple-blue downy feathers, and a birch bark handle with quillwork. The front has attached a small black and orange-yellow bird with its body oriented downwards, and head turned to its left. The back has 11 white feathers extending out of the handle, the tops of which have been rounded with downy feathers extending beyond them. There is quillwork on both sides of the birch bark handle. On the front, there is a seated person in profile with a pipe held to their mouth next to a small tree surrounded by a foliage frame with a flower at the top and bottom. Below, a bird in profile stands within some foliage. The quillwork on the back of the handle depicts another person in profile with a pipe(?) held to their mouth, situated between two different plants and also framed by foliage and a flower at the top and bottom. Below appears to be a red plant.

Culture
Huron-Wendat
Material
down feather, feather, baltimore oriole bird ?, birch bark, porcupine quill ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3687/1

Large, kidney-shaped, hand-woven basket; cedar slat construction, wrapped with cedar root. Decorated with alternating stripes of imbrication in black and red cherry bark, and pale yellow grass. Small half-circle handles attached near top edge at each end. Fourteen vertical stripes around all sides of basket; each set consists of 2 bark, 2 grass, 3 bark, 2 grass, 2 bark. Sets alternate between black bark and grass, and red bark and grass. Remains of secondary handles at both corners of the indented side (small root remains in four holes at one end; holes are empty at other end.) Old repair runs along the top edge on the outer side.

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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Tapa Cloth3655/11

Heavily painted strip of tapa cloth. Design includes four main panels with geometric designs in black and brown-red paint. The two panel designs alternate. Red-brown border design on each end. Fringe along the long edge.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Cakaudrove, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3656/7

Flat, rectangular woven pouch with a finished edge on the flap and along the opening. The flap's sides are scalloped and there is a loop attached at centre. There are 8 dark zigzag lines woven in the pouch.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3656/21

Northern-style painted basket with round rim and square base. Plaited rim with 7 rows of check pattern underneath - alternating natural and grey-brown checks. Painted designs are: large face with teeth bared and hands held up; frog design; bird design.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark ?, cedar root ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat3656/20

Large rectangular basketry mat with a plaid pattern done in dark brown; borders formed with wide pieces of cedar bark, central design woven with thinner pieces. Horizontal and vertical checkered bands decorate surface, creating solid rectangles where they connect. Vertical bands, grouped in twos, have angled lines throughout, that mirror that the other band; together they form chevron-like design. Angled lines alternate between pointing upward and downward.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3664/1 a-b

Small, round, lidded basket with frog designs. Basket has inset rim and fitted lid (part b). Basket is made of tightly woven grass with cedar bark rim and base; lid made solely of grass. Dyed grey-green lines border bottom edges of basket and the lid rim; faded frog designs on basket sides and lid surface. All frogs have their front legs stretched forward and back legs bent at their sides; two small natural spots in centre of faces, imitating eyes. Frogs on basket are facing top; frogs on lid facing outer edge. Lid has a central knob handle decorated with a grey-green checked design. All dyed designs are dark purple on the interior surfaces.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3656/22

Woven cylindrical hat with flat circular crown and brim. TIghtly woven with two weaves at the start of the brim and the end of brim.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and cedar root ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3656/23

Double-walled basketry hat with root exterior and cedar bark interior; hat is dome-shaped, with an indented top that has a plaited square of cedar bark. Top and bottom edges are trimmed with twined bands; one along top, two along bottom. Three decorative bands across exterior (from top to bottom): alternating purple and yellow diagonal lines, trimmed with alternating yellow and blue vertical lines; yellow steps on a purple ground; and alternating green and yellow diagonal lines. Interior lined with three yellow bands trimmed with dark purple; top band is darker yellow, bottom two are same shade. Hat band woven into interior.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, root and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3656/24

Woven hat with interior woven headband. The domed hat has a flat top with a four large squares woven at centre. There are five decorative bands: the top three are purple=grey and off-white on the exterior (faded purple and dark blue), and the lower two are dark brown. Above the rim and lower dark brown band is a large strip of cedar bark woven in.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, dye and root
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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