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BasketB445 a-b

Rectangular woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket (part a) has a purple and natural-coloured checker pattern along the upper portion while the lower portion has a geometric diagonal line pattern of the same colours. The lid (part b) has a central diamond design on the top with a checker pattern around the sides in purple, black, and natural colour.

Culture
Philippines
Material
palm leaf and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.355 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid features a central knob-like handle and is held in place by a cedar flange attached along the upper rim of the basket. Figurative imagery in black and green of birds and arrows decorates the basket's sides. Lid features a swirling, multicoloured circular motif centred around the handle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7004 a-b

Small, square basket (a) with a short, flat shoulder and a flat, square lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the basket's opening. Encircling/concentric bands of multicoloured patterning go around sides of basket and lid; green, purple and red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rank Badge AppliqueEdz1574

Bird badge adhered to a piece of white paper. The bird is a silver pheasant, denoting a civil fifth rank official. The pheasant is silver with a black eye and five barbed tail feathers. The pheasant is standing on one leg and facing left with head raised. The badge is made in two pieces.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye, metal, paper and adhesive
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7000 a-b

Small cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, horizontal shoulder and a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place by a cedar flange attached around the basket's opening. Multicoloured linear and zigzagging designs around basket's sides and top of lid; blue-black star-shape in centre of lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GarmentE131

Garment woven with bands of geometric design in red, blue, green, and purple on white. The garment has a slit opening at the top centre at both the front and back, and openings at the top of each side.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8457 a-b

Swamp grass covered dark brown crockery ceramic pot with lid (part b). Warp: cedar bark. Weft: natural and aniline-dyed swamp grass (purple, green, yellow). Sides (part a) and lid (part b) are wrapped twined weave with openwork of crossed warp wicker weave. Base of the pot (part a) has a small centre of checker work with plain twined or wicker-weave periphery. Sides of the pot (part a) have a design that consists of five equally spaced purple flowers with green leaves in between bordered by the two bottom bands of openwork weave with a compound band that consists of purple, yellow, and purple above the third openwork band. Lid (part b) has a plain twined handle, a band in blue and yellow around the sides, and a band with triangular edges in middle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass, dye, clay and glaze
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/14

Small, flat embroidered bag made of two identically patterned, rectangular sections which are seamed together on three sides, leaving the fourth side open. The bottom two corners of the bag are angled at 45 degrees. The multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of densely-worked, geometric, stylized floral motifs which are enclosed with squares, arranged in a grid, separated by geometric border motifs. The top edge is finished with tablet-woven pink and red edging. The bottom edge is trimmed with seven tassels (red, green, blue and dark yellow). A border of diamond shaped motifs is at the top and left edge of each side. A short length of decorative braided fibre is attached to one upper corner of the bag, along with one red tassel. Backed with plain pinkish cotton textile.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ? and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD3.173 b

Bag made from deer hide decorated with a floral design at the top front cut out of the deer hide revealing orange cotton that had been inset underneath. The front flap is embroidered with a floral pattern in pink, purple, yellow, and green. Two pockets on the inside. The bag is rounded along the bottom edge.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
deer skin, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Norway House, Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/13

Small, flat embroidered bag, made by seaming two identical rectangular sections together on three sides, leaving the fourth side and a side slit open at the top of the bag. The densely worked multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of geometric, stylized floral motifs enclosed in squares, which are arranged in a grid pattern. The designs are worked on floral printed textile. The top edge and slit are trimmed with red tablet-woven edging. There are remnants of a cord or tassel at the base of the slit.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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