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Dart QuiverC1726 a-pp

Fur quiver containing 41 darts. One of the darts has a moulded shaft with a point inserted into one of the blunt ends; three of the darts have balsa wood plugs on one end; one of the darts has a metal arrowhead at one end; the rest of the darts have at least one, if not two pointy ends; usually one end is pointier than the other.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
skin, bamboo grass, balsa wood and metal
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.299 a-b

Rectangular basket (a) with two handles and a flat, fitted lid (b). Simple interlocking coiled work; parallel slat foundation (with large reinforcement stitches); flange (slat) for lid is indented 1" or so at top. Foot: two staggered rows of red cherry bark. Body: front and back; eight checkerboard designs in red with two black central ones. Sides: two larger versions (in red) of the same form; all designs set against white bullrush.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.300

/0Low flared, bowl shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated exterior of alternating rows of cat-tail grass (?) with two imbricated coils of dark or red cherry bark, with red or dark cherry bark and two imbricated coils of cat-tail grass (?).

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatD1.53

Woven hat with twined weaving and traditional designs. Designs include dark brown and chestnut triangle designs and parallellograms.There is also a sunburst on the top and a slight depression.

Culture
Yurok ? or Karuk ?
Material
pine root ?, redbud wood, fern root, bear grass and spruce root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.59 a-b

Trinket jar (part a) and lid (part b). Decoration on jar (part a) consists of dark brown diagonal zig zag outlined with triangles on either sides pattern on a natural background, "steps up a mountain" (collector). Light brown rims. Five dark triangles around the lid (part b) which has a knob at the centre top.

Culture
Klamath
Material
tule grass
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.334

Basket with a flat, rectangular bottom, steeply flaring sides, and rounded corners. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches): parallel splint base construction. Partial imbrication; horizontal strips (one coiled row wide) in bands of red, black and bullrush creating a vertical effect.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1279

The cloth is rectangular with an elaborate border and black and white geometric panels. The outside border has three parts. The first part, closest to the edges, is a solid black line. The second part is a red line containing natural coloured sunbursts. The third part is made up of three lines, two black lines and one white. The geometric panels are made up of black and white designs including chevrons, diamonds, squares and diagonal lines. Two sides have a cut fringe.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerC1625

Bone dagger decorated with grass fringe around top that is tied on with fibre string. The string is braided and wraps around the bone both vertically and horizontally.

Culture
Australian
Material
kangaroo bone, grass and fibre
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.301

Rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flange, attached lid and short foot. Watch-spring lid construction. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with vertical rows of circles in dark cherry bark. Three rows of beading on foot in dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) between. Lid has seven fish-shaped figures around the lid in dark cherry bark on cat-tail grass (?) background. Twine lid attachment. Fragments on bottom of foot indicate may have had a looped border at one time.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.302

Cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of diamonds in two alternating rows, the lower row has diamonds outlined in red cherry bark, then dark cherry bark, and cat-tail grass (?), then the reverse configuration. Upper row of diamonds are in different patters, black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) checkerboard pattern, and in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) with dark cherry bark centers. Vertical bands also in red and dark cherry bark and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?).

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