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CombB475

A comb that has forty-five short teeth secured by several narrow strips. The teeth are separated by string which is woven between them creating a geometric design consisting of a zig zag pattern of grey and tan.

Culture
Batak
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteB185

Bamboo flute made from an open-ended bamboo tube with no finger holes; angled triangular hole near one end.

Culture
Malay
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Malacca, Maluku, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeB179 a-d

Plain model canoe (part a) with a reed sail. The canoe is made up of bunches of red grass tied together. The sail consists of thirty two sticks strung together (part b) and two poles (parts c and d), one of which is tied with green-brown string at one end.

Culture
Iban
Material
grass and reed grass
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8446

Part (a) Large urn shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid. imbricated design of diagonally criss-crossing bands of red and dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) between. In the space created between are four vertical crosses in dark and red cherry bark with cat-tail grass centers. Foot of two coiled rows. Part (b) lid has barely indented flange on lid. Imbrication has same band configuration forming three peaks. Knob at center of lid.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB108

Six varying lengths of bamboo, from which the nodes have been removed, are inserted into a hole in one side of gourd and sealed with resin. These are tied around in a bundle with a woven band and a fibre loop to keep them from collapsing. Stem of the gourd serves as the mouth tube of the instrument.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, gourd fruit, resin and fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB107

Shallow dish-shaped basket of a plain weave and natural colour. Pairs of coils around the rim are connected along the bottom of the exterior side of the rim.

Culture
Iban
Material
bamboo grass and rattan
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB106

Natural colour of thirty eight pipes of varying lengths bound together by two lengths that create a v-shape and in such a way that, although they alternate in projecting outward, they go from the shortest length to that of increasing size.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB100

Woven basket that flared from a flat, square bottom to an open, circular top. Twilled design in faded red on natural coloured ground; curvilinear and geometric designs. Rim made of wood with four supporting ribs; split leaf is woven around the frame. Cord handle on one side.

Culture
Saduans
Material
wood, palm leaf, grass and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cigarette PaperB460

Cigarette paper composed of segments of grass that are cut to the same length.

Culture
Malay
Material
grass
Made in
Singapore
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8471

Coiled work basket (bifurcated stitches); base construction is elongated watch-spring along diagonal with filler each side. Sides of basket curve in at four sides. Top rim has slight lip. Foot is fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?), with four red and four dark cherry bark beads. Imbricated design on body is one band of groups of three crosses in red or dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) centers. Under lip is same pattern of imbrication as on foot. On top rim, fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and black cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cat-tail grass ?, dye, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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