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Tapa Cloth1019/2

Tapa cloth painted with dark brown and reddish-brown geometrical designs featuring elongated bands with spiralled ends criss-crossing each other.

Culture
Maisin
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Uiaku, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1019/1

Long and narrow tapa with a red-brown and dark brown geometric design consisting mainly of two triangles repeated six times with an area of blank tapa cloth at each end.

Culture
Maisin
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Uiaku, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket657/1

Solid basket with square base and round rim; made from one piece of bark that has been cut and bent in to make the corners; stitching is in bark. Rim is of wood and is twined with bark strands. Exterior is decorated with darker triangles with notches in the tips that point down from rim.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
birch bark, skin and wood
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff Bottle692/2 a-b

Flat bottle with corked lid. Bottle is decorated with orange on white ground; floral decoration on the two flat faces; four Chinese characters on base. Lid is domed green jade with cork attached to underside; thin, long spoon is attached to end of cork.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, cork bark, bone ?, stone, paint and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff Bottle692/1 a-b

Flat bottle with corked lid. Bottle is decorated with red on white ground; allover floral decoration; three Chinese characters on base; two red protrusions at shoulders. Lid is domed green jade with cork attached to underside; thin, long spoon (ivory?) is attached to end of cork.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, jade mineral, ivory ?, cork bark, glaze and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trinket BasketNbz819

Octagonal shaped coiled cedar root basket with an attached lid. Parallel slat base and lid with overcast rims on both the lid and the basket. Red cherry bark beading on every other slat on the lid. Vertically connected chevron shaped designs in cherry bark with canary grass in the centre divided down the centre by a cherry bark line. Two leather hinges on one side attach the lid to the basket with a leather tie on the opposite side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, canary grass, skin, cherry bark and wood
Made in
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1060/80

Rectangular tapa cloth with designs in red-brown and orange-brown on natural coloured ground. The designs consist of wide rows of squares with abstract geometric motifs in red-brown. The space between the motifs is filled with orange-brown lines. Along one back edge a silver ribbon is sewn.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thunderbird Headdress686/4 a-c

Small (child's) thunderbird headdress with a curved beak, protruding ears, cedar bark hair, and red and black paint. Inscription on reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1126/1

A light brown round woven basket with a lid which fits over top and is attached with a looped piece of root or bark. The main design is made in dark brown with a diamond-shaped pattern connected with a horizontal line across the top and the bottom. Inside each diamond are six dark brown horizontal triangles, three of which point downward and three of which point upward toward the centre leaving a light brown diamond shape in the middle. Outside each diamond are six more dark horizontal triangles, three of which point upward toward the top horizontal line and three of which point downward toward the bottom horizontal line. The lid is decorated with a dark brown rim and the top of the lid is decorated with vertical dark brown lines.

Culture
Zulu
Material
root ? or bark ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ring1119/3

Round headring with four braided cedar bark tiers and a bundled layer on top, all are dyed red. Lined with red wool inside. One small animal skin with white fur attached to the front and another attached to the back of the head ring. There is a rectangular shaped piece of abalone attached to the front.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wool fibre, abalone shell, dye, fibre, ermine skin and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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