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BasketNb11.347 a-b

Rounded, convex, jar-shaped, miniature basket (a) with raised, knobbed lid (b). At base of lid is reinforced cedar bark hoop. Basket has cedar bark checker work foundation surrounded by grass twining. Natural colour. Three equidistant bands with small scale geometric design. At the rim and base of basket is a faded purple and yellow band. At mid-point is a green and orange band with diamond-like design. Two bands of colour on lid--one of faded purple and yellow and another of green and orange--similar to the mid-point band on the basket.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye ?, cedar bark, bear grass ? and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.346 a-b

Small, cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Natural colour. At base of lid is red/purple band. Lid top has purple centre surrounded by blue ring and orange broken line ring. At mid-point, basket has faded blue diamond pattern. At base is band of red/purple. Bottom of basket is checker work (plaiting), surrounded by grass twining.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, bear grass ?, grass and aniline dye ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.242 a-b

Woven basket (a) with a flat, rectangular bottom, rounded sides, a flat shoulder and a flat, circular lid (b). Bands of geometric and linear patterning around lid and sides of basket in red, green, yellow and purple.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, spruce root, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh48

Mask depicting the demon Gara Yaka with protruding eyes, a crooked nose with flared nostrils, wide red lips borderd in black, white teeth, curving cobras emerging from the corners of the mouth, disc-shaped concave ears, scrolling protruding elements above each ear, and a headdress formed by five cobras. The mask is painted in glossy pink, red, white and black. Strips of red fabric are threaded through the eye slits and the centre of each roundel to secure them to the mask. Twine attached at back. A label written in blue ink on the reverse reads, "Gara Yaka."

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal, plant fibre, cotton fibre ?, brass metal, paint and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.345 a-b

Oval-shaped basket (a) straight sides, a cedar bark reinforced hoop rim, and a flat-topped, fitted lid (b). Cedar bark plaited base, with three different widths of grass twining. Natural colour with dark purple solid and broken line bands, and two thin yellow bands at basket's mid-point. Set of purple and pink chevron-shaped designs on each side of basket above and below mid-point bands. Ring of purple at shoulder and base. Orange band at base. Lid has concentric ovals of green, yellow, dark purple (solid and broken line) and red around centre of three horizontal lines of red and blue/purple rings. Row of twill twining at base and shoulder of basket, and at edge of lid top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass ?, grass, cedar bark and aniline dye ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.344 a-b

Oval basket (a) with raised, fitted lid (b). Lid has reinforced cedar bark hoop at rim. Opening of basket is larger in some places than the lid, so it does not fit well. Bottom of basket has a single element, cedar bark foundation, overstitched with grass, surrounded by grass twining. Natural colour. Wide faded purple band with faded yellow geometric 'step' design at midpoint of basket. Ring of faded purple at base of basket. Centre of lid has red oval ring with green design, surrounded by wide faded purple band and yellow geometric 'step' design. Thin purple ring at rim of lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, aniline dye ?, cedar bark and bear grass ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz921

A tubular knitted band of purple cotton with green and yellow synthetic thread knitted in a pattern of spiral stripes. The band has flat woven strips, 1 cm. long, 11 cm. from each end. The remainder of the band ends unwoven, forming tassels. Inserted between the woven strips and the knitted sections, there are two pairs of tassels 11.5 cm and 12 cm. long, and of green and yellow synthetic thread, 11.5 cm and 12 cm. long, respectively.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, dye ? and silk fibre
Made in
Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz920

Thin tubular band with tassels. The band is red, yellow-orange and green woven in a pattern of spiral stripes. The ends are left unwoven and additional green and red tassels are inserted between the woven strips and main section.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz919

A woven band with a warp of pink, red, yellow, and green synthetic with purple cotton thread,and a weft of red synthetic thread. The band is woven in a series of twenty-two discrete patterns, each 1 to 3.5 cm. long. The remainder of the band ends unwoven, for 12 cm., to form tassels. Two additional pairs of tassels of red, green, and pink synthetic threads are 15 cm., and 14cm. long, respectively, and they are inserted through the warp, 15 cm, and 14 cm., from the ends of the band.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, dye ? and silk fibre
Made in
Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz918

Thin band with woven pattern and tassels. The pattern repeats a diamond motif within rectangular blocks in white and purple with green and yellow borders. The ends are left unwoven and a pair of green tassels are inserted through the warp.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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