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SpearC502

Hollow, cylindrical, bamboo shaft with designs filled in with black pigment and some areas painted red. Has a long, narrow, lance-olate leaf-shaped blunt hardwood point that is flat along one side while rounded at angles along a ridge at the other side. Some stem ? is coiled around the upper portion of the shaft. The lower portion of the shaft has a design that consists of a horizontal band with a zig zag leaf pattern and vertical lines of triangles in between curvi-linear lines.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, bamboo grass, stem ?, pigment ? and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC725

Cylindrical, brown wood handle that curves around at a forty degree angle. The end is curved into a y-shape and has a spur. The inside of the curve has a rectangular panel painted white and ochre. The handle is covered with braided fibre in alternating brown and black rings. There is a knob at the end of the handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
lime mineral, bark fibre and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC861

A plain shaft, without notches, has coiled fibre at the end and at the base near the pointed end. The long dark wood point has five notches and a squared, tapering tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3757

Twine work weave with bands of black spruce woven in and false embroidery (overlaid twined weaving) in natural grass. Two bands of a white step pattern on a black background on basket and two on lid. Fitted lid double tiered at top.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, grass and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3763

Woven basket with overcast rim and twisted twining for reinforcements on base. Embroidered design: two killer whales in black, yellow, white, green and red with two square faces in yellow with open mouths showing teeth. Two red lines, one above, one below, with two step pattern in black, yellow and green.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4056

Rounded woven basket of a dark brown colour. Tee-lattice work. Design consists of a wide band around the rim in a natural light colour with a dark brown design ("grizzly bear hand"?).

Culture
Hupa
Material
grass and willow wood
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4069

Plain twined weaving with three-strand braided edge and false embroidery. Ten panels of false embroidered swamp grass with one row of swamp grass around entire circumference bisecting the cup.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA4072 a-b

Miniature, cylindrical woven basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); cedar bark warps and swamp grass wefts. Base has plaited origin and twisted twined work (over several warp strands). Upper and lower rim of basket have one row of red wefts. Center of lid has a red sunburst design.

Culture
Makah
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA4384

Centre of basketry base. Plaited origin. Plain twined weaving. Undecorated. Central brown square is five by five strips with various lengthed extensions radiating from all directions. Light yellow-brown material is woven around the middle.

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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Unfinished BasketA4385

Unfinished basket. Plain twining; sides are in wrapped twined work. Bottom has bands of maroon, yellow, and maroon. The beginning of a design in green, grey-turquoise, purple, maroon, and black, possibly that of a canoe-like boat with people inside, and a whale?

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