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BasketNa1079

Round basket with grass twined rim. Cedar bark flange looped with grass warp strands. Sides and base are grass, twined. Design consists of a band of dark blue stitching between a band of light red and green diamonds in wool ? and a band of light red and light green diamonds in silk (?) round basket lid.

Culture
Aleut
Material
silk fibre ?, wool fibre ?, cedar bark and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb577

Rectangular carrying basket with cedar bark strips and overlaid grass strips attached by plain twining. Coloured band of purple and black at the bottom and two bands of blue-green, orange and purple in the middle. Band of purple and black at the top. Two wide vertical bands of black, purple, and blue-green. Handles are of jute cord.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
cedar bark, jute fibre ?, dye and grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.333

Rectangular carrying bag with bottom of cedar slats and crisscross grass. Plain twined weaving around base and wrapped twining around body. Patten is of a wide, encircling purple band with oblique yellow and plain sections around the middle. Two narrower purple bands with yellow oblique sections around top and bottom. Rim is partly green with red cotton thread near centre.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, dye, cotton fibre and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd1.284

A closing fan made of 29 split bamboo ribs and paper. Painted designs are 7 repeated stylized human figures; white to shoulders, red robes, mitred white hats with large star at top. On each side of figures is a stylized lotus with blue leaves, on a yellow background. Border of white with pink and blue broken ribbons along top and bottom of paper. Two lanterns.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paint, lacquer, metal, adhesive and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Official Emergency HatEd1.283

Official emergency hat with flat round brim attached to crown shaped like truncated cone. Inside of hat is made of paper painted black, with a woven texture showing. Outside of hat is covered with fine red silk, with edges trimmed with red paper, and with vertical strips of red paper on each side of the crown, at the bottom of which are small red tubes. On the underside of the brim from the tubes and strips are attached two red silk ribbons that are tied together. Crown of hat projects slightly below its point of insertion into the brim. Brim is somewhat wavy and has black and brown stains.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass ?, horse hair ?, paper, silk fibre, lacquer, paste adhesive and paint
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd695

Flared cylindrical basket with foot and twisted loop work at rim. Bifurcated stitches and watch-spring construction. Imbricated geometric design of checkerboard diamonds in dark cherry bark and grass, and light red cherry bark and grass. Foot imbricated with half checkerboard diamonds in same.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, grass, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BundleIe325 a-d

A bundle wrapped in bark (part a), bound with roots (part b) and containing two stones (parts c-d). The bundle is roughly rectangular.

Culture
Kewa
Material
root, stone and bark
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIe324

Objects strung on a bark cord. Objects include six pieces of animal skin with fur (including one animal leg) each approximately 12 cm. long and one carving of a head. The back of the carving is flat and the top is perforated for string. The carving is made of wood and is rubbed with red ochre. Has a hooked nose, no apparent mouth, and is incised with straight, and curved lines.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, ochre pigment, wood, marsupial foot and skin
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayNb659

Wide, slope-sided, round tray with overlaid yellow-brown bear grass design on a brown ground. From the rim, there is the following: a brown continuous zigzag on yellow-brown band; a brown band; a narrower yellow-brown band; a narrow brown band; a wide area of brown interlocking triangular stepped design on yellow-brown; a narrow brown band; and the centre is overlaid except it is now torn at the centre. Outside is undecorated but shows some bear grass.

Culture
Hupa
Material
bear grass and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Berry BasketNd693

Flared square coiled basket with bifurcated stitches, and parallel slat construction at base. Large geometric zig-zag design is imbricated in light yellow-brown grass, dark and red cherry bark. One cross in zig-zag in dark cherry bark with grass center or red cherry bark and grass center. Hide handles are knotted on inside of basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
skin, grass, cherry bark, cedar wood, cedar root and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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