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Basket1060/49 a-b

Circular basket with rounded sides and watch-spring bottom, constructed of grass in bundle coiled technique. Decoration consists of a series of double-delineated diamond shapes, evenly spaced around the sides, made by beaded strips of brown plant fibre (all around the inner diamond line), possibly reptile(?) skin on the lower half of the outer diamond line, and an unidentified black material on the upper half of the outer diamond line. The fitted lid is slightly domed, with a knob, and is decorated with six cross designs, beaded in brown and black.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
root ?, bark ? or reptile skin ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1060/16

Small piece of unpainted barkcloth, off-white, with a rectangular shape; two frayed edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayNbz820

Rectangular coiled cedar root tray with parallel wood slat base and walls. Entwined loopwork rim that attaches to overcast handles at each of the ends. Occassional red and black cherry bark imbricated elements on both exterior and interior surfaces.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, dye, cherry bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1054/5

Rectangular, coiled basket with tall, outward sloping sides. Exterior of sides are decorated with central pinwheel designs; long sides have double diamond designs to either side of the central design. Rim has open work of overlapping, single coil arches; coil below open work is decorated with alternating black, red, and beige sections. Long sides each have two loops of bark through then near upper corners.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
root ? and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1054/3

Ovular, coiled basket with tall straight sides. Top coil forms two arches on long sides to which a handle is attached. Exterior is decorated with dyed cherry bark in diamond designs at centre of each side and at ends.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
root ? and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1404/13

Tapa covered almost entirely with blocks of decoration on natural coloured ground. Sixteen squares of butterfly-shaped reddish-brown patterns with diamond-shapes in between in each direction.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark Cloth763/4

Pounded bark cloth, rectangular in shape, with a stepped geometric and abstract leaf border, and a scrolling leaf design at the centre, all in pink and blue-green.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bark and dye
Made in
Borneo, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Tray1382/2

Flat, circular woven tray with raised sides and two small handles on the sides. Bottom of tray features three concentric circular bands of a repeating triangular pattern in red and yellow-white, and black and yellow-white.

Culture
“Great Basin & Plateau” ?
Material
cedar root and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.295 a-b

Pair of cylindrical openwork arm bands for the lower arm, tapering slightly to wrist. Arm bands are made of lengths of rattan parallel to the length of the arm interlaced diagonally in a very open weave, and ending in a double circle at each end covered in interlaced wrapping of smooth strips of a white material.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan, bark ? and grass ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.329 a-b

Small round twined basket with a lid (part b), wider at the base. Base (part a) radiates from a central point. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the base from the sides. Walls decorated with two raised rows of wrapped stitches. In between the rows, there are eighteen, two to three, raised stitched segments. Rim has warps bent to the right and secured with a single row of twining. Flat lid with side has a central design that consists of two concentric circles surrounded by nine to ten segments. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the top of the lid from the sides. Rim of the lid is finished the same as the basket.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
root ?, bark ?, dye and grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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