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CombC612

A simple handle created from the natural extensions of the two outer, two central, and two outer long teeth that fan outward radially. The handle has turquoise beads fastened with hair around the splints. Twenty-five long teeth fan outward radially. The teeth are woven tightly together at a half-way point and are decorated with pink, turquoise, and red glass beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, fibre, glass and hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA6697

Necklace made from dentalium shell interspersed with blue and pink trade beads. Rectangular piece of abalone strung as pendant, placed at the end of a string of alternating red beads and dentalium dangling form the main necklace..

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dentalium shell, glass, abalone shell and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3110 a-b

Glass bottle covered with a woven sleeve (a) and woven cap (b). Decorated with two bands of purple and yellow along the top and bottom, as well as two similar bands with red triangular bands around the centre framing a bird on one side and a canoe on the other. Cap has a black circle in the centre and bands of colour at the edges. Wrapped twined weave with some plain twined weave on the base, covering glass bottle.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3111 a-b

Basket covered bottle with lid. Three large openwork bands with green and purple compound band on top and bottom of lower half of bottle, and three green swastika designs bordered by narrow bands in central band of bottle. Plain twined weave with unusual crossed-warp twined openwork weave with half of the warp strands being vertical, and the other half being diagonal.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3112

Tall glass bottle covered with a woven sleeve (part a) and bottle cap (part b); bottle cap also has a woven covering. Five bands with two or more colours each with oblique vertical pattern, one of which is a floral pattern. Wrapped twined weave with plain twined weave (over wide warp) base and plain twined weave cap.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye, cedar bark and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA3113

Corked brown glass bottle with sloping shoulders covered with a woven sleeve; three solid bands of purple with four patterned bands.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, swamp grass, glass and cork bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa16

One strand of beads encases a cylinder of wood and is hung as a pendant on a long single-strand of multicoloured beads. Overall colours on strand are yellow with red, blue with red, and white with black.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
plastic, glass, wood and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa14

The necklace, with neck band width of three beads, has the majority of beads in alternating black and white, the rest alternating in red and black, and in red and white; strings of alternating white and black beads dangle from the neck band. A button secures the necklace around the neck.

Culture
Khoisan ? or Yeyi ?
Material
glass, plastic and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAa8

Brown leather base set with numerous twisted sisal fibre and trade items of grey chains, grey keys, and multi-coloured beads in strands of white; red; green, red, and blue; and red and yellow.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
metal, glass, sisal fibre and leather skin
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronAa5

Light hide apron with a fringe and beadwork. The upper corners extend outwards and have thin hide ties attached on the back. A darker, fringed piece of tanned hide is sewn down the centre. Amongst the fringe are strings of black and white beads. At the bottom are two clusters of small trade beads. The back is tanned.

Culture
Yeyi
Material
glass, ostrich egg, impala skin and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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