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Food Cover763/2

A light brown cover with some of the bark dyed red to create a design. The sides have an alternating pattern of vertical lines and a floral design within a diamond-shape. The bottom has a four-pointed star with a flower on top of a spiral in the centre, and four flowers in between the points of the star. The rim is wrapped with a silvery foil covered over by red-dyed bark in equal rectangular intervals to create an alternating pattern. Dark brown fibre is wrapped around and stitched around the rim.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bark, dye and fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNa1606

A tall circular brown bark container decorated with dyed quills. The design consists of two flowers with green stems and leaves. One flower is red outlined with purple, and the other flower is purple outlined with red. Both flowers have a brown dot in the centre surrounded by a red five-pointed middle with two brown lines emanating from in between each point. The top and the bottom of the container are overlapped with a strip of bark that has a curved semi-circle pattern facing the centre. The bottom and the top of the container, as well as the sides of the lid, are rimmed with bark strips that are perpendicular to the rim lines. There are strips of soft hide attached to the sides of the container and the lid.

Culture
Dene
Material
birch bark, porcupine quill, dye and leather skin ?
Made in
Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1060/6 a-b

An oval box (part a) and lid (part b) covered in geometric quillwork. On top of the lid there is a black diamond-shaped pattern outlined with blue. The central diamond has orange vertical and horizontal lines in the centre. The outer partial diamonds have white diagonal lines in a feather-shape. The background is white with orange triangles and blue lines. Around the sides of the lid is an alternating pattern of white diamond-vertical line-dot-vertical line-diamond. Along the sides of the container are zigzag lines starting with white and orange at the top all the way down to blue, black, white, red, and blue and orange on the bottom.

Culture
Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, dye, wood and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jarlet1262/208

Round-bottomed jar with very low shoulder and tall, wide, flared neck. Neck is decorated with patterns of incised lines; patterns from shoulder up are: two wavy bands; band of vertical lines; band of diagonal lines that go up to the right and; band of rectangles with cross-hatching fill separated by vertical lines. Woven bamboo holder around base.

Culture
Philippines
Material
clay and bamboo grass ?
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom378/1

A loom with a lightly coloured wood bow which curves and has a tan hide piece attached at one end and the strings for the weaving tied at the other end. One piece of bark separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes, and another piece of bark is used to compress the quills used to create the weave design. The weave pattern alternates between yellow squares with a blue inner line and a green outer line, and green and red squares witha yellow inner line and a blue outer line. The background is white with a red line along the edges. The back of the hide reads "Dorothy Minoza / Fort ____ / N. W. T. / April 24/77"

Culture
Arctic America
Material
quill, fibre, skin, grey willow wood, bark and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Jar1262/245

Dark bulbous jar with rounded bottom and short, flared neck; handle at one side from shoulder to mid body. Single strand of grass(?) with other strand twined around it circles neck; red yarn inside. Bottom half of body is fire darkened.

Culture
Ifugao
Material
clay, fibre, wood and grass ?
Made in
Philippines ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes558/3 a-b

Pair of dark-brown coloured wooden sandals with light-brown twisted grass straps and black fibre ties. Rectangular-shaped with rounded edges and straight sides. Underside of both sandals have two large drilled holes in the centre and one large drilled hole at each end. Grass straps have been threaded through and tied with knots in three of the holes near the top of the sandals.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, stain, cotton fibre ? and grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dragon Gate Representation1521/9

Vertical rectangular box made of coloured paper laid over a bamboo frame. Box has two red vertical bars across the top--four paper fish silhouettes are laid across the bars, with an additional fish glued to the box in the background, creating a sense of depth. Across the top of the box is a wide strip of red paper printed with gold circular shapes with characters in the centre. Two red paper pennants fly from the top corners of the box.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, bamboo grass and paste adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure529/36

Small horse figurine with yellow cord reigns near the neck, a bundle of wood on the back and a red and green banner over the middle of the back. The tail and mane are made of straw and the eyes are painted yellow. The ears, nose, and the front and back are painted orange.

Culture
Japanese
Material
stem, bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket806/7 a-b

Light brown-yellow coloured woven basket (part a) with rectangular base, bulbous-shaped centre, two shoulders and twisted bamboo handles narrowing sharply to flared neck. The top rim of the piece is in the form of a circle and has split bamboo strips projecting inwards to form a funnel opening for the lid (part b).

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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