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BasketNd612

Fine coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; parallel splint base construction; fully imbricated. The design consists of upper and lower bands of horizontal red stripes bordering pairs of red diamond shapes, all on bullrush background. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cat-tail grass ?, fibre, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.687 a-b

Basket of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction and an overcast handle. Flange on the attached lid (part b). Basket is decorated with partial imbrication in discrete diagonal stripes that have zigzag shapes alternating in red chery bark and cat-tail grass, and black cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Lid has four cat-tail grass and red cherry bark stripes radiating from the centre. Two rawhide ties and one rawhide hinge.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, rawhide skin, dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1200 d

Envelope shape tapa bag with braided edges in maroon and natural. The sides of the bag are border with an abstract, stamped design in green and purple. Lining of is made of plaited palm leaf.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm leaf, bark, paper mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1202 b

Lines radiating from circles; red and black on natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1202 c

A long strip of coiled bark cloth dyed with yellow, black, and red vegetable dyes, in vertical strips alternating with natural background.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeC1203

Has two crab claw-like sails, and one outrigger attached to the side by three horizontal cylindrical beams. Canoe is red and black on a natural brown background with a geometric pattern consisting of diagonal lines, vertical lines, diamond shapes, triangles, and chevrons.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre and bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleC1204

The apparatus consists of a light yellow-brown wood piece with a y-shape having two perpendicular sticks at either sides near the pointed end. This piece is connected with the fibre to a darker brown thin cylindrical piece that has a flattened rounded knob at one end and a tear-drop shaped knob at the other end with a conical base.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC1225 c

Skirt composed of grass strands dyed in vertical bands of orange, red and dark brown and knotted to the waistband. Half of the skirt is shorter than the remaining half and has a curved edge.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC1226

Skirt made of strands of grass that hang from two grass ropes at the waist and have been twisted and knotted with the long ends left loose. The skirt is dyed with two shades of brown arranged in alternating rows.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1317

Rectangular with one flat end and one rounded end, which forms the bottom of the bag; undecorated; loop handle of twisted rope with another rope coiled around it.

Culture
Australian
Material
grass
Made in
Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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