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BasketEdz1027 a-b

Round, low basket (part a) of finely split bamboo with traces of green dye, especially inside lid (part b) and on bottom. Lid (part b) is ornamented with light purple glass bangles secured with finely knotted yellow cotton cord. Eleven Chinese coins are sewn on lid (part b) with light purple, yellow, green, and blue glass beads.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, cotton fibre, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf806

The white textile has a brown brocade pattern and is composed of three full loom widths and a part of a fourth. A decorative figure eight stitch in two alternating colours joins the loom widths. Each panel alternates areas of lighter and darker supplementary wefts. The pattern of nested diamonds with straight and serrated edges entirely covers the cloth in rows. The entire fabric is cut in two, transverse to the warp direction, and crudely sewn together, matching up the designs. There are no warp selvedges. S-spun-warp and weft of ground cloth. S and z spun supplementary weft.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf654

Assorted stone beads strung on cotton string. The central bead is green and prism-shaped. Translucent yellow and purple oblate beads flank these. 51 smaller black beads complete the strand. There is a total of 88 beads.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, stone and mineral ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb299 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body clothed in shirt and skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure has a light yellow face, and a headdress that winds around the head in a spiral. White eyes with red irises, and pointed nose. Black moustache and beard. One row of teeth on upper jaw. Hands point at right angles to arms; black bracelet at wrist. Clothing consists of a yellow, green and off-white geometric print skirt with a white, collared shirt that has folded cuffs.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb298 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure has a green face, white eyes with red irises, and black nostrils. The figure also has a small black moustache and a thin beard, as well as a mouth that curves slightly upwards with fangs at each corner. Gold sumping and gold jamang present. Upper body painted green; breast and waist area bulging. Off-white cotton skirt. On the figure's right hand, the fingers are straight and the thumb points out. On the figure's left hand, the fingers and thumb all point down.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb297 a-d

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part d) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. Two wooden dagger-like pieces placed under waist band at back. One fragment (part c) of a dagger has broken off. The figure has a pink face with black hair and beard, and a painted ribbon crossing at the top of his head. Bulging red iris in each eye with black pupils. Black bushy moustache curving down at mouth corners. Protruding teeth from upper jaw. The figure is wearing a black tunic with sleeves to mid-arm with beading on the front, and a brown, light brown, black batik skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlSf682

Fouteen spindle whorls threaded on handspun cotton yarn; six are convexly conical, of incised black on orange ceramic; one is flat ceramic disc; four are globular or conical stone (?), these are green (three) and yellow (one). One of the green is half missing and two are decorated with drilled, dotted circles. The yellow is plain. Two whorls are made of yellow shell; one truncated biconical whorl is made of metal and is now covered in green deposit. All whorls have a central hole.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, metal, shell, stone and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceSf681 a-b

A five strand necklace with two stands now broken. The small disc shaped beads alternate in groups of black stone beads with groups or orange or purple shell beads. The shell beads frequently have two white beads as borders. The beads are threaded on hand spun brown cotton cords. The fastening cords are re-plied and thus larger in scale. Part b is a few beads that have fallen off the broken strands and are now threaded on monofilament.

Culture
Andes
Material
shell, cotton fibre and stone
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointSf643 a-b

A triangular, pressure flaked point with rounded end (part a), detached from its wooden handle (part b). The blade is a brown, fine grained, volcanic stone. Many turns of cotton cord is wrapped around the base of the blade, obscuring whether or not it is notched, and wraps the fragments of the wooden handle which once straddled the blade. Handle has a bi-conical drill hole near the rounded end. Impressions of cord along the entire length of the handle.

Culture
Andes
Material
obsidian stone, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut HookNbz686

U-shaped, bent metal hook, one sharp end bent inwards at an angle, the upper end bent outwards. A loop of knotted twine is attached to middle of upper arm; remains of cotton cord are coiled around the front arm.

Culture
Coast Salish: Shishalh ?
Material
iron metal and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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