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Wall ornamentM999.105.37

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ? or Makah ?
Material
deer antler ?, spruce root, bear grass ? and dye
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
McCord Museum of Canadian History
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Gambling trayACC1703H
Skirt2763/20

Large rectangular purple and blue batik sarong skirt or textile. The place name "Lifou" is painted on in white near one of the hemmed short ends.

Culture
Kanak ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye and paint ?
Made in
Lifou, New Caledonia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/17

Flat, rectangular, light-coloured basket or purse with two long braided grass straps knotted together at the ends. Ends of the vertical strands are left exposed along the bottom in a thick fringe. Shiny strands of blue, yellow and orange are interwoven to create several diagonal bands.

Culture
Murik
Material
bamboo leaf ?, grass, synthetic fibre ? and synthetic dye
Made in
Murik Lakes, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/5

Basket with circular base and shape, woven in beige and brown. Designs created include diamond and triangular shapes, vertical bands of lines, small floral shapes, zigzags, and dots. The base is a thick weave in beige and, at the rim, ends are left in a fringe, except for three long braids of grass that extend up at each side and are bound together in a small tassel.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
pandanus leaf ? or dye ?
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/3

Basket or bag with square-shaped base and tassels at the corners, woven from grass dyed pink, turquoise, yellow and white. The design created is diagonal bands of the pink and turquoise beneath the name VANUATU woven in at the top. A braided border around the top rim extends into three long braids on each side that are all knotted together and the grass left loose at the ends.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
bamboo grass ? and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2764/1

Heavy, pear-shaped basket made of light beige grass coils woven together with vertical looping of dark brown and yellow stems. The rim is brown, as are the varying sized V-shaped motifs, and there is a round beige section at base.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
grass, bark ? and dye
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feather Headdress2763/21

Headdress made of cassowary feathers and plastic bags. The ends of the bundled long feathers, tightly wrapped with strips of black, white, green or pink plastic bags are bound together into a flat band with double braids of a variety of rope pieces that join together at the sides and continue as long braided ties, with more plastic strips intertwined. Most of the feathers (dark and some light) stick upwards from the main section of the band while light ones hang downwards from each end.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
cassowary feather, plastic, grass and dye
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/14

Flat, square-shaped, light-coloured woven basket or bag with attached long grass fibre tassels. Made of a panel of basketry, folded in half and sewn along the opposite and bottom edges, it has long braided straps that are the continuation of several of the vertical strands at both top corners; the other vertical strands end in tiny knots that form a fringe along the top rim. Long strands of dark brown are interwoven to create two thick horizontal bands with a light design of opposing chevrons.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu ?
Material
grass fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2763/18

Flat rectangular-shaped woven basket or bag with long braided strap. On both flat sides, pink, turquoise, and green strands are interwoven with the natural coloured strands to create a design of two wide diagonal bands that cross at rim centre, from where nine small braids extend up into the thicker braids that are knotted at the end.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
pandanus leaf ? and dye
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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