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Coconut Container1485/9

Conical shape, woven container with small flat, oval shaped bottom, a bamboo rim and a chevron pattern on the sides. There is a circular fibre tie on the side.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz827

Rectangular basket with a convex lid hinged by three hide straps. Design consists of lighter coloured dashes (grass) on a natural brown background. A horizontal row of black bark dashes also goes around the bottom and the top, with red bark around the middle.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, grass and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz831

Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with overcast handle. Imbricated geometric design in two rows around sides.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar root, grass, dye and cherry bark
Made in
Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1461/5

An ornament with the central piece being a flat, round, circular shell from which dangles a cowrie shell surrounded by black-brown seed beads and two strings of green and red beads with a seashell at each end and a plant fibre, possibly grass, below. The central piece has the following written in pencil: "BELE & KARE Tamana".

Culture
Motu
Material
fibre, seed, cowrie shell and grass ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentB116

Long strips of bamboo are cut from a bamboo tube and raised by small blocks of wood. An i-shaped slit is cut into the bamboo. There is a decorative tail piece. Red tassels decorate one end of the instrument.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1242/4

A basketry bag with a x-shaped weave pattern and two beige handles on the sides woven in a lace-like pattern. The basket flares at an upward angle at the ends. There are five horizontal rows of alternating light brown and orange around the top and the bottom of the basket. Around the middle there is a horizontal band of light brown outlined in black, with a black and orange pattern within.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, grass, fibre and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe489

Flute consisting of a large piece of bamboo, bound with two sets of fibre ties and two cassowary feather rings at the top, middle and bottom. The stop of the flute is a carved kneeling man facing outwards with a large, crooked beak bird standing behind him with its chest pushed out and its wings behind its back standing on a jagged board. The bird and human figure has inlaid cowrie shell eyes and are detailed with white and brown pigment. The figures, the bamboo and the fibre ties on the bamboo are covered in a black stain.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary feather, bamboo grass, wood, stain, pigment and cowrie shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2633/35

Painted naked wooden figure with cowrie shell eyes. Figure has corded grass fibre knotted through his ears and nose and around his neck, wrists, ankles, and waist. The top of the figure's head is flat. Standing on a base carved around the feet.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, grass fibre, cowrie shell and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Canoe Prow ShieldIe484

Wooden canoe prow shield in a ‘W’ shape with the outer edges lined with cassowary feathers. The shield consists of flat wood pieces mounted onto a bamboo frame. The surface is painted with yellow, orange and brown stylized geometric shapes on a white ground. In the middle is a protruding, elongated shape face with round shell inlaid projecting eyes and a long ridged nose with flaring nostrils. The mouth is open with a slightly protruding tongue. The face is painted in a similar fashion to the rest of the shield. Two bamboo sticks protrude from bottom for support.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood fibre, cassowary feather, pigment, bamboo grass, fibre and shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.357 a-b

Miniature cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place with a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Figurative image of a whaling canoe towing a bleeding whale woven around sides of basket and repeated on the lid. Bands of multicoloured stripes around sides of lid and bottom edge of basket. Multicoloured circular design in centre of lid.

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