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Work BasketA5066

Upward flaring, rectangular basket with an attached lid fully imbricated in various letters of the alphabet that include "m", "n", "t", "e", and "z" in green and red bullrush on a natural background. Lid is connected to the basket by strings at each of the four corners. Foot has discrete bars of purple on bullrush. Beaded rim is imbricated in green on bullrush; every other slat is beaded in either green or natural bullrush. Parallel slat construction. Foot of one slat and one splint. Flange on the basket.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
canary grass, cedar root and aniline dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA4386

Unfinished mat. Plaited bark. Plain twining. Sides are wrapped twined work. Central brown square is three by three mini-squares with various lengthed extensions in one direction. Three light yellow-brown rows are woven upward around the base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA5067

Small rectangular, flared, coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat foundation. Imbricated rim inn canary grass with intervals of dark cherry bark stitches. Beaded from rim almost to base in canary grass, with wide vertical row of chevrons, alternating between dark cherry bark and canary grass, one on each side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Tait
Material
cedar root, canary grass, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Laidlaw, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5073

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with looped border on rim and narrow foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of two rows of checkerboard squares with either cat-tail grass (?) and red or dark cherry bark, with three continuous horizontal rows in center of basket in cat-tail grass (?) and center of dark cherry bark. Beading on top of looped border in red cherry bark, imbricated bands on base of foot in cat-tail grass and either red or dark cherry bark. Rope handle is tied to either side of basket looped border. Underside of basket has beaded red cherry bark.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
dye, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerC626 a-b

A plain round orange-red gourd container (part a). The stopper (part b) is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow, and brown vertical zig zags, and a boar's tusk finial at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark, boar tusk, grass and gourd fruit
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskC655

Carved mask attached to headpiece by fibres. Face is painted in geometric designs in white, red, and black. Shells for the eyes. Headpiece has real grey-brown hair at either side covered in white clay and an extended ridge running front to back along the middle, and is built on a frame of strips of red orange-brown wood and bark cloth. Elaborate decoration.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
bark, wood, human hair, clay, paint, shell and plant fibre
Made in
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC760 a-b

A very long plain dark brown bow (part a) with rings at both ends to prevent the string from slipping. One end has two rings while the other end has ten rings. The string is in the form of a strip of bamboo (part b) with a knot at one end.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowC762 a-b

A very long plain red-brown bow (part a). The string (part b) is yellow, and black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stem ? and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxC763

Box raised on four legs (one reinforced with a wire dowel and glued). Sides top, and base formed by many vertical slates of wood with narrow open spaces between each slate. The lid opens (hinge effect) and has a loop for fastening.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
bamboo grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC464

A basketry woven fan with a deltoid leaf shape. The main geometric design consists of one triple row of alternating orange, purple, and orange curving along each side going from the bottom of one side to the top of the other side. Light brown bark background.

Culture
Fijian
Material
fibre, palm leaf, wood and bark
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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