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BasketryA128

Bottle covered with a fitted woven swamp grass sleeve (a) and cap (b); decorated with compound bands of linear patterning around sides and cap in green, purple and yellow. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides and cap: wrapped twined weave.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, cedar bark, swamp grass and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knitting BasketA1889 a-b

Part (a) Urn shaped coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket with handles at shoulder and foot at base. Watch-spring lid and base construction; lid with 2" diameter hole in centre, indented slat flange. Imbricated pattern of alternating vertical rows of arrows in either dark cherry and cat-tail grass, or red cherry and cat-tail grass. In between these rows is a smaller row of diamond shapes of red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Part (b) Lid - 6 double tiered diamond figures in cherry bark and cat-tail, alternating red/cat-tail and black/cat-tail.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Soowahlie
Material
grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.188 a-b

Acorn-shaped, brown woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). Lid is woven with a thick band of small, curled protrusions along the rim to emulate the rough top of an acorn; lid also has a small loop attached at the centre. A thick band of a lighter grass-like material is woven near the top rim of the basket.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
willow wood ? or grass ?
Made in
Nova Scotia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltK5.143

Belt made of plaited grass strips sewn together, with wide beaded panel sewn on. The panel has several bright colours outlined in black in a interlocking diamond pattern on a white background. Braided black fibre ties and white beaded ties with clusters of white beads hang from the underside.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, grass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK5.136

Rectangular mat made from reeds woven together with bright, multicoloured wool; woven pattern of zigzags down center and on either edge.

Culture
Zulu
Material
reed grass, dye, wool fibre and wood
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhiskK5.126

Whisk made of long strands of grass ? that has been gathered together at one end and ornamented with a thick band of beadwork. The beadwork has a design of bands in white, red and green that are interrupted with vertical lines of white, and there is a handle formed by a single strand of alternating red and white beadwork.

Culture
Zulu
Material
grass ?, glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK5.122

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
pigment, wood and reed grass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK5.121

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
reed grass, pigment, wood and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK5.120

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, pigment, reed grass and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK5.118

Arrow shaft made of a long piece of blackened reed. Grass is wrapped around the top of the shaft, presumably to aid in securing the arrow tip, which is missing.

Culture
Zulu
Material
grass ?, pigment and reed grass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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