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Ritual Mask2523/2

Mask with projecting eye ridges and a projecting nose with two circular, white nostrils on either side, and a base painted white. The head is cone-shaped. Red triangles project from the top of the head at the front. It is painted green and black on one side with a white stripe. The right side is painted red with a white stripe and a border of alternating black and white triangles.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
fern tree wood and paint
Made in
Ambrym, Malampa, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7189 a-b

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with aniline dyed grass. Base is mixed twined weaving (plain twined weaving alternating with wicker weave). Sides and lid are plain twined weaving with three strand false embroidered design. Central design of outlined "I" shapes in bright purple, bordered by bands of weaving with staggered black and natural weft strands. Lid (part b) has a similar design and a button-like knob on top.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
aniline dye, spruce root, grass and maidenhair fern stem
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fern Tree CarvingIh220

Dark carving has large protruding circular eyes and a hooked beak nose. In profile, the head is encased in a crescent-like shape for hair ? that thins out along the lower portion below and in front of the hooked beak nose. Has a large belly with the hands clasped underneath.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
tree fern wood
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1570/33

Light brown circular woven coil basket with straight, vertical sides. A dark brown graphic pattern is repeated five times around the sides of the basket.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1570/32

Light yellow-brown woven basket with gently sloping sides. Vertical dark brown zigzag designs are woven onto the sides.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7208 a-b

Woven basket with a spruce root warp and weft with aniline dyed grass. Various twined weaves - base is a mixed twined weave (alternate plain twined weave and wicker weave). Sides and lid have a plain twined weave with an embroidered decoration. Design is a central band of false embroidered diamonds in bright pink bordered by bands of black weft strands. Design on lid is similar, but also has an additional band of pink on the edge of the knob-like handle.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, maidenhair fern stem, aniline dye and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's BowlNb652

Round, twined bowl with a slightly flattened bottom. Overlaid horizontal, light white-brown bear grass band around the outside of the basket below the rim. There are repeating sets of three black rectangles, with the centre one below the others, along the band. Single row of twill twining ? at the bottom where it flattens.

Culture
Karuk
Material
bear grass, fern and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sifting TrayNb651

Flat, round, twined tray with concentric design bands on the top surface and two sets of two wrapped, raised rings on the bottom and at the rim and over halfway to the centre. Design includes the following: light yellow-white bear grass at the rim and alternating brown background in the third row; and wide band of overlaid bear grass with three repeating band-like motifs, each with similar triangular appendages. Two of these appendages have a diagonal row of black fern stem at one end; single row of background; row of alternating bear grass and background; two rows of bear grass; three rows with evenly alternating rows; and several centre rows that are the background.

Culture
Yurok
Material
bear grass, fern, wood ? and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1570/43

Light brown cylindrical woven basket with flared lip featuring a dark brown geometric pattern.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5102

Plain twined work with false and true embroidered design; braided rim. Design is called: "shark's teeth," "salmon berry," and "fish tail." they are discrete elements in natural and brown on 2 wide brown stripes and bordered by 2 narrow brown stripes.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
maidenhair fern, spruce root and dye
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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