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BasketNbz823

Round coiled cedar root basket which flares slightly towards its rim. Edge of basket is sewn with red cherry bark. The surface of the basket is decorated with a pattern formed from diagonal lines of red squares. Each of the squares has two smaller squares of canary grass inside, near the top right corner.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, canary grass, wood and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz821

Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with two handles attached through four loops on top. Diamond design in centre of each side, six star designs surround on lengthwise sides.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, grass, wood and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun1327/2

Blowgun with long, cylindrical bamboo shaft and conical, slightly bulbous wooden end. Bands of incised geometric designs near ends and one third of the way along the shaft from the wooden end. Metal coiled around open end and held in place with resin. Two bands of braided plant fibre at conical end.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
bamboo grass, metal, wood and resin ?
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun1327/1

Blowgun with long, cylindrical bamboo shaft and conical, slightly bulbous wooden end. Bands of incised geometric designs near ends. Metal coiled around open end and held in place with resin. Two bands of braided plant fibre at conical end.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
bamboo grass, metal and resin ?
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box1251/4

Square box with four triangular flaps for lid. Sides are coil basketry with light brown grass coil and black thread; lid flaps are of birch bark perforated with star designs and edged with grass and light coloured thread; base is of darker birch bark. Two of the flaps are joined with a loop of grass rope. Label on bottom says, "sweet hay, birch bark, porcupine quill work" and is signed.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, grass and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CandleEdz1168 a-b

Two vertical sticks encased in orange wax at the top. Each stick has a shorter stick attached at its base with paper at a forty-five degree angle. On both sticks the orange wax also has three coloured marks on it--yellow, white and green--and a large white wick emerging from the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wax, paper, paste adhesive and bamboo grass
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell Basketry1003/18

Basketry covered abalone shell. The main weave is light brown with a colourful centre beginning with purple on the inside and working its way outward with yellow, red, green, and red. The sides are woven with purple animals and "UCLUELET. BC." in green. The rim has three rows of red-green-red around the edge.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ucluelet
Material
swamp grass, abalone shell, dye and cedar root ?
Made in
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy814/1 a-d

A small toy car (part a) with a detached wheel (part c) and a wheel (part b) attached to an axle (part d).

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass and wood
Made in
Olubus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1059/1

Hat with narrow, downwardly curving brim and tapering, truncated crown with flat top. Black silk gauze ribbons at each side. Hat is woven of black, shiny material and is translucent. Circular rims around head and edge of brim. This hat is relatively coarsely made, and the crown has only one layer. Hats fits onto hat stand, 1059/2 a-b.

Culture
Korean
Material
horse hair ?, bamboo grass, lacquer, paint, wood, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1038/2

A light brown woven conical hat with black zig zag designs and red fibre at top with cowrie shells.

Culture
Sabahan
Material
bamboo grass, dye, cowrie shell and fibre
Made in
Sabah, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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