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Child's HeaddressEd1.278

Child’s cap made of silk gauze ribbons with three long ribbons hanging down the back and ties made of orange silk cord ending in red and white tassels. Front edge of cap is made of a black ribbon with three Chinese characters stamped in gold on each side. Perpendicular to this, going over the top of the head, is a ribbon of yellow green silk gauze stamped with gold flowers and a cicada and embroidered with a Chinese character in red. A ribbon of red silk stamped with gold Chinese characters goes around the head, and parallel to this a blue ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters forms the lower edge of the cap. Over the ears are inserted triangles of pale w silk, each embroidered with a red and white flower. Most of the ribbons are lined with pink silk gauze. A black ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters goes down the centre back, with a similarly stamped blue ribbon on each side. At the centre front is an ornament composed of five circles embroidered with flowers, stuffed to make them round. At the centre is a flower carved from grey-green stone, at the centre of which is a yellow bead. From this ornament hang five pink silk tassels, each wrapped in silver thread.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal, silver metal, paste adhesive, jade mineral ? and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd689 a-b

Part (a) Oval, coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring construction. Imbricated geometric zig-zag design in three alternating rows, in dark and red cherry bark and light brown grass. Loop work at base forming a foot. Fitted convex lid (b) has small handle with dark cherry bark beading. Imbricated geometric design on lid of adjoined triangles to form a circular pattern, and two alternating rows of zig-zag as on basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, grass, skin, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Lytton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd688

Rectangular flared coiled basket with (bifurcated stitiches) and elongated watch-spring construction. Imbricated geometric design of connected diamonds with vertical bands through them except for on each side. Diamonds in dark cherry bark, grass, and red cherry bark. Vertical bands in red cherry bark, grass, dark cherry bark, grass, dark cherry bark, grass and red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
canary grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd687 a-b

Part (a) is an oval, coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with slat construction and parallel coil bottom. Exterior walls are completely imbricated in geometric wave pattern in light yellow-brown grass, dark and red cherry bark. A metal buckle is fastened to hide sewn on one long side. Small piece of hide is sewn on opposite side. Part (b) is an oval lid with parallel coil and slat construction, and split stitches. Beaded in light yellow-brown grass and in light red-brown cherry bark. Two pieces of hide are sewn on lid, one on each side, the wide to the back and narrow to front.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, grass, cotton fibre, metal, skin, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf512

Rectangular cloth with dark indigo blue ground and light blue patterns divided into smaller rectangles by strips of thin parallel lines, repeated three wide by six long. Patterns alternate between birds with prickley greens, and other representational shapes. Two ends have a wide hem, one side has a narrow hem.

Culture
West African
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria ? or Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf511

Cloth composed of 22 strips of dyed fabric sewn together. The cloth has a mottled blue and white pattern, with solid indigo borders on each end. There is also a short (.7 cm) fringe on each end.

Culture
Nigerian ?
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.83 a-b

Small, twined, cylindrical basket (a) with knobbed lid (b). Flat bottom is twined at centre then alternates plaited and twined rows with 3 twined rows to edge. Straight sides are twined with 2 bands of design. The design is of diagonal black lines alternating with light brown ground and evenly spaced chevrons. The top row chevrons point right, the bottom point left. Lid is twined lid has short straight sides then slants up to knob. Bright green grass overlay row at top edge of knob. Imbedded dirt on lid, outside has darkened.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, grass and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cover949/19

Natural coloured cover with woven patterns. The square cover has several rows of patterns with some floral and animal motifs in red and black. There are knotted tassels along the bottom.

Culture
Dai
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron949/10

Dark blue apron with embroidery and tassels. The apron is rectangular with sloped upper corners and two long ties. On the front is an abstract geometric pattern, cross-stitched predominantly in pink, red and white on dark blue. Along the bottom hem are multicoloured tassels with metal ornamentation. The back is unlined.

Culture
Yi
Material
cotton fibre, glass, dye, synthetic fibre ? and metal
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd683

Round coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with loop work around rim. Watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated with light yellow-brown grass. Animal designs, three black and four4 red.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cherry bark, grass, cedar root and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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