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MaskEh124

Mask with protruding close set eyes with a curved slit under each, a pointed chin, a small nose, an elongated muzzle, and an open mouth with 25 upper and 23 lower teeth that decrease in size from front to back. The centre incisors are large and sharp. The mask also has wide white eyebrows outlined with black line above, and red line beneath and a wide yellow band between the eyebrows and eyelids, a curved horizontal slit under each eye. There is a small protuberance on the forehead between the eyebrows. There is an elliptical opening on each side of head, at ear level. The left opening contains a transverse wire. The edge of mask has round perforations at top centre and left and right side. The top perforation holds a wire hook and a shred of red fabric. The right perforation holds a shred of red fabric.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal, fibre, paint and dye
Made in
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3165

Rectangular handbag-like basket with two multicoloured braided handles attached along the upper rim opposite each other. Repeated bird and linear motifs around the sides in green, red, purple and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3170 a-b

Small, oval-shaped basket with a flat, fitted lid (b). Along base of basket and along side of lid is a band of purple/pink/purple. Central band on basket is a line of zigzag in purple flanked by purple lines. In centre of lid is a pink oval bordered by purple. Base has a plaited origin and plain twining over wide warp strands. Sides are twisted twined work.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3354

Small cylindrical coil basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), black and red cherry bark that alternate in diagonal bands, from rim to bottom of foot. Watch-spring base construction.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3358

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of plant or flower, two on each side and one on each end, stem and leaves in black cherry bark and head in red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cherry bark, cedar root and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3374

Small coiled bowl (bifurcated stitches) with pedastal and foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of seven tri-colour diamonds, alternating in dark or red cherry bark outline filled in with the reverse or cat-tail grass (?), and each colour for centers. Looped pedastal, dark cherry bark beaded foot with square open coil work base.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, dye and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA3399

Rectangular mat with woven border. There are two bands around the mat forming a border. Each band consists of a strand of deep natural bark flanked by strands of dark, mud-dyed bark. The edges are finished by using a wide strip of cedar as the outer most strand and overcasting on a core of cedar.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.705

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of alternating natural and coloured strips are featured on the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.703

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of alternating black and red are featured at four points along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.704

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of black are featured at four points along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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