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Ancestor Figure2751/1

Tall wood carving of an ancestor figure standing on a mounded base. Covered with carved body tattoos, a mask-like face on each shoulder, a protruding belly, and large genitalia hanging out from behind a bark loin cloth attached to a grass belt, the figure wears an elaborate mask painted in white, red and black pigments. The mask has large cowrie shell eyes, boar tusks sticking out of the nostrils, elaborate earrings, a feather headdress plus fringe of feathers, and is surrounded with a clay border into which are embedded numerous tiny shells.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, clay, feather, grass fibre, paint, cowrie shell, shell, boar tusk and bark
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatZ 35105

Very finely woven basket ?hat that has a band, and a conical top. It is a rich brownish red, with two black bands. There is a hole at the tip of the cone.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
root ? or grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket1924.688 A-C

A) Small circular basket decorated with two narrow lines of green and another of purple. B) Circular basket in process of making, decorated with yellow and purple lines. C) Grass from which baskets are made. This is missing 021993 (G.Crowther).; Good

Culture
Nuxalk ?, Nuu-chah-nulth ? or Makah ?
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Flask1930.1132

A glass flask covered in coloured (brown, yellow, orange, and red) basketry. The flask has a close fitting woven cap and the decoration is geometric bands in false embroidery.; Good

Culture
Tlingit
Material
glass, root, spruce wood and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BasketE 1910.29

Round bucket shaped basket with handle. There are rings of orange, purple and cream decorating the basket, the handle is plaited with orange and brown grass.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ? or Coast Salish ?
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BasketE 1910.23

Small oval basket with rectangular base with central decorated band of black zig-zags, and top and bottom edge of black and cream stripe.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket1924.683

Very small bucket shaped basket with black geometric decoration.; Good

Culture
Tlingit
Material
root, spruce wood and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket1885.66.18

Cylinder shaped basket with false embroidery in a diamond and rectangle design in two bands near rim.; Good

Culture
Tlingit
Material
root, spruce wood and grass ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket1924.679

Tightly coiled rectangular basket with imbricated step pattern in black cream and red bark, the ground is light brown.; Good

Culture
Coast Salish ? or Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux ?
Material
root, cedar wood, grass, bark and cherry
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Basket1924.674

Small carrying basket with designs in purple, orange, yellow and black. Basket has a plaited handle made from yellow and purple grass.; Good

Culture
Makah
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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