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BasketA7212

Woven basket in a goblet shape. Plain twined weave with overlaid twined weave (false embroidery). Bands of alternate weft in faded blue and purple (from two strand plain twined weave) with the pattern at right repeating three times.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass, dye and cedar root
Made in
North America
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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BasketSf1050

Brown, circular woven basket with a flat bottom, sides that slope inwards, and a woven handle that arcs from one side of the mouth to the other.

Culture
Andes
Material
grass
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketSf1049

Circular, brown, woven basket with a flat bottom, straight sides, and an arcing, woven handle attached at either side to a woven knob.

Culture
Andes
Material
grass
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dancing StaffIh229

A basketry covered wood stick which flares outward at one end. The handle end has five seed pods tied around with braided fibre or grass.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood, fibre, grass and pod
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Percussion Musical Instrument1170/36

Three bamboo bars attached together with bamboo crossbars that have been affixed with wound rattan. Between the bars, two large pieces of hollow bamboo are attached from a top piece of hollow bamboo, and the hanging pieces of bamboo have been cut in half from their midway point to the bottom of each piece. Each hanging piece is attached with a crossbar running through a semi-circular hole in the bamboo.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass and rattan ?
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Percussion Musical Instrument1170/34

Three bamboo bars attached together with bamboo crossbars that have been affixed with wound rattan. Between the bars, two large pieces of hollow bamboo are attached from a top piece of hollow bamboo, and the hanging pieces of bamboo have been cut in half from roughly a third of the way from the top, all the way to the bottom of each piece. Each hanging piece is attached with a crossbar running through a semi-circular hole in the bamboo.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass and rattan ?
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeEi28 a-b

Pipe with bamboo mouthpiece that fits into a wooden shaft and bowl carved with a humanoid head on the front of the bowl and two animal figures, one four-legged and one seated, on the top of the shaft. The end of the shaft is wrapped with woven bamboo, and the shaft and bowl are coated with stain (?) and varnish.

Culture
Assamese ?
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Assam, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA6703 a-b

Basket (part a) and lid (part b) with cedar slat foundation and cedar root coils. Simple interlocking coiled work with parallel slat base construction and reinforcing stitches. Flange on the base of the basket (part a). Foot is composed of one slat. Imbrication and beading in black and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Body is covered with black and red tapering V designs. Lid (part b) has four black beaded panels on top with red stepped beading around the sides and black beading around the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, grass, wood and cherry bark
Made in
Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paper Model Boat1521/8

Miniature red boat. Boat is constructed from paper affixed to a simple bamboo frame. Boat has a canopy of red flowered paper, four red paper pennants, and side rails running the length of the boat with hanging paper fringes.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, bamboo grass and paste adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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