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SkirtC8

Skirt made of strands of reddish-brown and dark brown grass knotted to the waistband.

Culture
Samoan
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC9

A long cylindrical wood club which tapers downward toward the middle. Bands of braid and cord are twisted around the club. The end is weighted with lead. Flat v-shaped knob at the end of the handle.

Culture
Samoan
Material
lead metal, wood, jute fibre and bark
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.610

Cedar root basket consisting of interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat base construction with wide slat foot. There is a braided coiled border; coiled openwork. Partial imbrication; continuous vertical zigzag designs. Alternation of vertical stripe bands with vertical zigzag bands. The first is in bullrush with red cherry or in bullrush with black and red. Zig-zag bands are tri-colour.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.611

Rectangular, footed basket with slightly flaring sides and a flap-style lid secured with three ties. Simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches); back of basket is extended and folded to form a flap lid (parallel coils with edge of two coiled rows around it); foot of three coiled rows; twine ties. Total imbrication: series of vertical bands in black/red/bulrush repeating diagonal pattern, all against ground of bulrush. Pattern on lid is extension of pattern on back. Edge imbricated in bulrush; small patterns in red and in black. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, dye and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.612

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root--a small strip of bark runs underneath the rim as reinforcement. Large blue and red beads are affixed around the rim. A handle is made from a thin strip of rawhide strung from one side of the rim to the other.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root, rawhide skin, glass and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.614

Oblong birch bark basket; birch bark is bent and laced into place. A twig splint is overcast with natural and aniline dyed root. The overcast stitch forms a scallop - the colour sequence is as follows: red/purple/wide band of natural/purple/red/purple/wide band of natural/purple. The darker part of the bark is to the outside.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root and aniline dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.615

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of beading are featured along the rim in four spots. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
bark, birch bark, birch root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.617

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place with birch twine around the rim overcast with birch root and partially beaded with crabapple bark. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root, crabapple bark and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.618

Birch bark dish. Birch bark bent and sewn into place. The rim is reinforced with splints overcast with birch root and decorated with black bark. A twig is laced on lower down. There are also heavier pieces of bark on the ends and sides for reinforcement. Light side of bark is to the outside and darker flaps are laced on the ends and sides. The rim is overcast splints beaded with black bark. Part of the overcasting stitch leaves the splints exposed.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
birch bark, birch root and birch wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC936

Long narrow decorated tapa (masi) with painted designs in black and brown. The designs have lines of various geometric motifs in predominantly black, with some brown on natural ground. The cloth is made of three pieces attached together.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark, paint and pigment
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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