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Water BottleAa71 a-b

Light yellow brown mottled ostrich egg (part a) with one cm. hole drilled at one end. Incised lines in three places around the hole form three ladder-like designs. The stopper (part b) is a bundle of grass roots wrapped at one end with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
ostrich egg, grass root and fibre
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow ViolinAa64 a-b

Light brown wood curved into a bow shape (part a) with thirty-five notches cut on one side. A grass strip is held and wound around slits at each end. Part b is a dark brown cylindrical stick.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, grass and fibre
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEdz1027 a-b

Round, low basket (part a) of finely split bamboo with traces of green dye, especially inside lid (part b) and on bottom. Lid (part b) is ornamented with light purple glass bangles secured with finely knotted yellow cotton cord. Eleven Chinese coins are sewn on lid (part b) with light purple, yellow, green, and blue glass beads.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, cotton fibre, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz680 a-b

Rectangular-shaped basket (part a) with a lid (part b) (bifurcated stitches). Coiled, slat construction, and completely imbricated. Design (part a) is a zigzag pattern covering the whole design field with red and black cherry bark on a white reed background. Lid (part b) has a radiating red and black 'x' design. It has a large coil stand.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cedar wood and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd556 a-b

Part (a) Round urn shaped coiled cedar root basket (bifurcated stitches) with handle and lid, part (b). Completely imbricated with tule grass and red and black cherry bark for a tree design. Broken, coiled handle. Lid has red cherry bark spoke-like motif on white imbricated background.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
tule grass, cherry bark, cedar root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayNd555

Coiled cedar root tray decorated with partial imbrication in red and black cherry bark and tule reed. Tray has two coiled handles and a five star flower design.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, tule grass, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd608

Part (a) Small urn shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with loop work foot, coiled handle and lid part (b). Imbricated design of three staggered rows of diagonal bands in red and dark cherry bark. On shoulder near rim are four staggered short tricolour bands in red cherry bark, tule grass and dark cherry bark. Same configuration on lid with double stitches in black cherry bark imbrication near center.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, tule grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz677

Upward flaring, rectangular basket with coiled on slat construction (bifurcated stitches). Partical imbrication in band vertical column arrangement. Yellow, blue, green, faded dyes. Each long side has two vertical columns of yellow-orange outlined by green. Each short end has a similar band but with green v's within.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar wood, cedar root and tule grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa56 a-b

Double-barbed metal point (part a) has a sinew-wrapped metal prod and is glued into a reed collar bound in sinew. A carved wooden insertion stub (part b) joins this collar to the hollow reed shaft which is bound at each end with sinew, and notched at the proximal end.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
iron metal, sinew, reed grass, wood and adhesive
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa55 a-b

Double-barbed metal point (part a) has a sinew-wrapped metal prod and is glued into a reed collar bound in sinew. A carved wooden insertion stub (part b) joins this collar to the hollow reed shaft which is bound at each end with sinew, and notched at the proximal end.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, adhesive, iron metal, sinew and reed grass
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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