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HangingEf427

Hanging consisting of a narrow, horizontal bead-worked rectangle with nine pentagonal beadwork leaves along the bottom edge. Background of opaque white beads with patterns in translucent green, red, blue and yellow beads. Rectangle has a diamond shaped foliage design alternating with a bird. The hangings alternate with patterns of a peacock and diamonds with a cow and tree; central design is a stylized human figure. Each leaf is bordered on four sides with one row of red beads and has three tassels of four bead loops in varying colours. The rectangle is backed with red textile and has five hanging loops stitched to the top edge. Beadwork attached to backing with overcast and running stitches.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
synthetic fibre, cellulose and glass
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEf426

Dark pink brimless cap with circular crown and straight vertical rim cut with an arch-like shape at the front. The cap is solidly embroidered in dark pink with a yellow, orange, blue and green diamond pattern on white material. The crown has two narrow black lines. Sequins are visible through holes in the embroidery, and the edge is finished with a narrow black line.

Culture
North India
Material
mica mineral ?, cotton fibre ? and glass
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.331 a-b

Rectangular, green glass bottle with bulbous bottom, squared middle, bulbous top and slender cylindrical neck; bottle is entirely covered with a woven basketry sleeve (a) and cap (b). Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining and central checker work. Geometric design around bulbous bottom and top; four dark blue birds between dark blue and purple bands and eight purple parallelograms on squared middle. Two purple birds between parallelograms on neck. Tightly fitting lid with purple sunburst design.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark, glass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.330

Flat-based, rounded jar with tapering neck and flared lip (a) covered in a woven grass sleeve; round woven lid (b) with knob handle in the centre attached to jar with brown thread. Cedar bark and grass base in plain twining with central checker work. Design of six concentric bands of linear patterning with various colour combinations: orange, green, purple, and red.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cotton fibre, dye, cedar bark and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.329

Rectangular, tapered, basketry covered bottle with a tall, slender neck. The basketry is of very fine wrapped twined grass and cedar bark, with a plain twined base with central checker work. Design is six sets of concentric bands in purple, light yellow-brown and green. One wide band around top of neck is brown. Design has faded on neck and top of bottle. Stopper has crown-like metal top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar bark, dye, cork bark and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.234 a-b

Stout, green glass bottle covered with a twined white swamp grass sleeve (a); cork stopper with a twined cap (b). Checker work cedar bark base. Dyed swamp grass in bands as decoration: two bands of beading; whaling canoe, whale, and bird in blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cork bark, dye, cedar bark and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.233

Rounded, green glass bottle with a narrow neck and a twined basketry cover. Bottle serves as mould for basket shape. Has cedar bark checker work base. Swamp grass twining covers entire bottle. Dyed swamp grass decorates basket in bands. Church, steeple and trees on one side; undistinguishable design on the other side.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, glass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.221

Spherical glass float with a woven basketry covering; openwork and four multicoloured geometric designs. Cover's flaring, open rim provides base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trade BeadsNb645

Approximately nine hundred and fifty round, translucent red glass beads with opaque, white centres; strung in a large circle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
fibre and glass
Made in
Europe ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trade BeadsNb644

One hundred and twenty round, translucent red glass beads with opaque, white centres; thirty-nine translucent blue cylindrical, hexagonal, double chamfered glass cut beads; one round opaque black glass seed bead. (Strung on plastic string.)

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
glass
Made in
Europe ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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