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TextileH1.137

The textile is striped in shades of brown and green. The stripes are thick and thin. The thick stripes change colour every two stripes. The thin stripes are a checkered pattern. There are thick strands of white cotton fibre visible on the back. The centre of the textile is extremely frayed, almost separating the textile in two. Two of the outside edges are finished and two are frayed.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashH1.139

Sash with animal, bird, and abstract vegetal motifs in black on a white ground and a border of red and black. Fringe at one end.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashH1.140

Sash with letters separated by geometric forms in purple and edged in red, all on off-white. The ends of the sash are twisted into four strands with a purple and red tassel.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashH1.141

Sash with a woven pattern of lozenges, bars, animal, insect, and human figures in purple on off-white. Red and green lines run through the centre and the borders are formed by bands of red, yellow, black and green. Fringe at one end.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashH1.142

Geometric and stylized bird design in red with a green saw-tooth border, all on off-white and flanked on either side with a thin red line. Fringed at one end.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashH1.143

Animal, human and geometric figures in black, with horizontal lines between, bordered by yellow stripes, and green lines and sawthooth pattern, and purple and black stripes. Fringe at one end.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowA2171

Arrow consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with one notched end and a metal point at the other, secured with wrapped sinew. The triangular point has three notches at its base, above the long fore-shaft. The point is set into the wooden shaft and strands of sinew are tightly wrapped around the hafted area. The opposite end of the shaft has red pigment, possibly ochre, on it. Three grey and white feathers are hafted to this end with sinew, covering the ends of the quill. The end of the wooden shaft has a notch in it and sinew is wrapped around it.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Kwantlen
Material
pigment, cotton fibre, sinew, feather, iron metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.11

Elliptical, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from an oval-shaped birch bark panel with a white, green and red tulip-like design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread. Inscribed on the bottom are the word "Williams" and the number 9 in a circle.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.12

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white and red leaf design of stitched porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.13

Round, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from a circular birch bark panel with a white and green leaf design of stitched porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread. Inscribed on the bottom are the word "Williams" and the number 10 in a circle.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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