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Skirt973/21 f

A circular, green skirt. The pieces of grass are dyed green and secured around a natural coloured fibre string. The ends of the string are dyed green and extend beyond the skirt as ties.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
fibre, dye and grass
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt973/21 e

A large circular, purple skirt. The pieces of grass are dyed purple and secured around a fibre string. The string is also dyed purple and the ends extend beyond the skirt as ties.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
grass ?, dye and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEd1.293

Hat with slightly curved brim and cylindrical crown that tapers slightly from its base to a flat crown. The structure of the hat is formed by fine split bamboo. Top of crown made of two layers of fine woven horse hair (?); outer layer of sides of crown and top of brim have one layer of the same material. Sides of crown and underside of brim lined with a layer of diagonal weave horse hair or coarse split bamboo. Four lines of stitching on sides of crown forming a cross at top. Small remnants of ribbon tie at side.

Culture
Korean
Material
horse hair, paste adhesive, bamboo grass, ramie fibre and lacquer
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEfg76

Untanned leather cutout, translucent with red and black pattern painted on one side supported by split bamboo rod which is fastened with four cord ties. Patterned with a human-like moustached figure holding a coiled serpent on its left arm (as used) and a pyramid shaped object in its raised right hand. Figure is in profile, but two round eyes are frontal. Nose is hooked with a bird-like beak and mouth shows one prominent fang. Two feathered wings extend behind shoulders. Clothed with high headdress, trousers and body and limb jewelry. Shown in motion with extended legs. An object with two flower-like wheels lies between feet, the wheel pattern is repeated at waist level. Behind the figure the fanged serpent with extruded tongue is patterned with flecked scales and a row of red hearts. The wings, headdress and other prominent features are perforated by closely spaced round, oblong and triangular holes.

Culture
North India
Material
bamboo grass, goat skin ? and paint
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brush573/1

Bamboo brush with white coloured hair bristles. Eight bamboo pieces are attached together and at the top corners, the outer bamboo pieces are cut on the diagonal. Chinese characters are written down either side.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, paint ?, adhesive and hair ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerEdz1386

A cylindrical container carved with expansive landscape scenery all around.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.329 a-b

Small round twined basket with a lid (part b), wider at the base. Base (part a) radiates from a central point. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the base from the sides. Walls decorated with two raised rows of wrapped stitches. In between the rows, there are eighteen, two to three, raised stitched segments. Rim has warps bent to the right and secured with a single row of twining. Flat lid with side has a central design that consists of two concentric circles surrounded by nine to ten segments. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the top of the lid from the sides. Rim of the lid is finished the same as the basket.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
root ?, bark ?, dye and grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.86

Round basket with flared walls. Base and walls are decorated. Base has 2 bands of dark brown with the outer most band extending up the wall to an openwork band, with a third brown band above. Ten diagonal design of red and faded pink stitches are on the 2 brown bands on wall. Two re-shaped handles extend upwards from rim. Reinforced rim appears to be braided.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.328

Twined round basket with a square base and a circular mouth. Base is plaited with four rows of brown twining demarcating the base from the sides. Walls in plain twining are decorated with two rows of red-brown twining and eight geometric designs in the shape of orange and red parallelograms. Rim is folded over and secured with a row of twining.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
grass, dye, palm leaf and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.327

Flat, bag-shaped, cedar bark basket. Walls of the basket flare outward from the square base. Walls are decorated with brown-black diagonal strips alternating with medium brown strips forming a pattern of diagonal bands across the basket. With the rim which is folded over with an open-work edging. Along the narrow sides, a two ply twine is sewed into the basket in an "h" shape down each side a double two ply twine continues under one side of the base. A two ply piece of twine is attached to the top edge of one side of the basket.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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