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HatD1.53

Woven hat with twined weaving and traditional designs. Designs include dark brown and chestnut triangle designs and parallellograms.There is also a sunburst on the top and a slight depression.

Culture
Yurok ? or Karuk ?
Material
pine root ?, redbud wood, fern root, bear grass and spruce root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.247

A woven basket which tapers upward. Centre of base is three-strand braided (twenty-three rows). The rest of the base and the basket is plain twined work. The design is false embroidered in bracken. The border is bound with suede and overlaid with a wide band of red and black trade beads. Stepped design with chevron in centre in bear grass and bracken. The base is a darker colour. Border of two wide bands (Nine beads each of red, then blue beads)

Culture
Pomo
Material
bear grass, bracken fern root and glass
Made in
Pitt River, California, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1415

Comb with a handle which tapers to a straight edge. The main design along the handle is woven with red and natural-coloured weave in between radial bands of dark brown wood along the lower portion and with natural-coloured and dark brown weave along the upper portion. Forty long teeth fan outward radially. The teeth are secured by a natural-coloured weave between each tooth.

Culture
Kwaio
Material
wood, fibre, tree fern, morinda bark and morinda root
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueD4.61

Shallow dish or cone-like shape, narrow at centre and flaring-out to rim; stepped design in dark brown on interior and exterior.

Culture
Akimel O'odham
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueD4.62

Bowl-shaped plaque with braided rim. Swirled ("whirlwind") design composed of parallel lines of brown rectangles that taper towards the centre.

Culture
Akimel O'odham
Material
yucca leaf and fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD4.65

Circular with flat bottom and flared sides; single rod coiled. Dark brown snaking design, with perpendicular as opposed to curving corners, radiates from base; dark brown simple stitch around rim.

Culture
Tohono O'odham
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueD4.70

Circular and convex with single rod structure. Design in dark brown of solid circle at centre, arrow heads radiating outwards, and "flying insects" design between arrows.

Culture
Akimel O'odham
Material
willow wood ? or fern ?
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA17094 a-b

Spruce root basket with "rattle" lid; base: alternate rows of plain twined and plaited weaving (from central origin). Sides and lid: plain twined weaving with the same type of alternate weaving as above on the under part of the lid. Lid has two tiers with pebble in between. False embroidered design of black fern root against light swamp grass. Continuous figures.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass, fern root and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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