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Basket2695/13 a-b

Rectangular basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket a rectangular base, slightly flared sides and rounded handles on each end. The handles are secured to the inside with leather skin ties. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with a slat foot and overcast splint rim. The basket has a continuous imbricated design of two bands zigzagging in cat-tail, red and black cherry bark. The lid has a imbricated diamond design with two bands.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, skin, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sago Storage PotIe502 a-b

Pot made of clay with a face just below the flared rim and a grass ring (part b) that fits around the base of the pot. The face has raised circular eyes, a ridge around the eyes, and a recurved nose. A series of bean-like shapes in white, black and yellow surround the face with a brown background, a raised black wavy line border, and a series of emanating fin-like shapes in black and white outside the raised line.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
clay, paint and grass
Made in
Aibom, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6673 a-b

A short, cylindrical woven basket (a) with lid (b). Base with large central plaited area; plain twined weaving over wide warp strands; sides and lid are twisted, twined work. Upper and lower bands of black, orange, black, plain, black. Central ribbon of yellow wide slanted diagonals on red ground, bordered by yellow and red stripes. Shoulder has thin stripes of blue and purple. Lid has central black sunburst with a ribbon of yellow wide slanted diagonals on orange ground, and thin stripes of black and orange.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.247 b

One of two matching rectangular mats (with K2.247 b) made from long strands of papyrus stitched together in rows. The outer edges are dyed in maroon and green stripes, alternately, with the centre remaining undyed; the green stripes are longer than the maroon stripes.

Culture
West African
Material
papyrus grass and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa6 a-b

A basket (part a) with a fitted lid (part b) made of dark brown bamboo? It is narrow at the top and then swells at the shoulders becoming tapered again at the bottom. There is a lip at the base. Two loops at the base of the neck have an attached cord. The cord is made of grass rings with a centre piece of twilled fibre.

Culture
Igorot
Material
fibre, bamboo grass ?, grass ? and wood
Made in
Luzon, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC848 a-c

Wooden model canoe (parts a-c) with one outrigger. The canoe has an oval-like shape with pointed ends, a rounded bottom and interior. The surface is painted red and black with white on the bow and stern which have small sections of shallow engraving. Across the top of the canoe are six pieces of bamboo that extend out to the pontoon and also support twelve thinner stripes of bamboo that run in opposite direction. The pontoon or float (part b) is cylindrical in shape is black with pointed, tapered ends. Inside of the canoe is a small, carved wooden paddle (part c).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, rattan, bamboo grass, paint, lime mineral and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8798 a-b

Square swamp grass basket (a) with a square lid (b). Multicoloured linear patterning around the sides and lid: black, green, orange, and pink.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.247 a

One of two matching rectangular mats (see K2.247 b) made from long strands of papyrus stitched together in rows. The outer edges are dyed in maroon and green stripes, alternately, with the centre remaining undyed; the green stripes are longer than the maroon stripes.

Culture
West African
Material
papyrus grass and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketUA92

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ? or Chilcotin ?
Material
cedar root, bear grass ?, metal and dye
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
McCord Museum of Canadian History
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RattleME934.14