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BasketD1.376

Basket with four sides that taper towards the base. The basket is built in simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with an elongated watch-spring base construction and an overcast splint rim. Decorated with a series of crosses each in black and red cherry with an off-white bulrush interior, all in partial imbrication.

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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BasketD1.247

A woven basket which tapers upward. Centre of base is three-strand braided (twenty-three rows). The rest of the base and the basket is plain twined work. The design is false embroidered in bracken. The border is bound with suede and overlaid with a wide band of red and black trade beads. Stepped design with chevron in centre in bear grass and bracken. The base is a darker colour. Border of two wide bands (Nine beads each of red, then blue beads)

Culture
Pomo
Material
bear grass, bracken fern root and glass
Made in
Pitt River, California, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.275 a-b

Large rectangular coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket. Parallel slat base construction. Flange and foot are one slat each. Coiled handles. Partially imbricated front and back with two rows of joined horizontal rectangles, in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) in between. Between these rectangles are four diamonds in different colour patterns, in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Sides have similar design, but with half of continuous rectangle design flanking three different colour patterned diamonds, in dark and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot and handles are beaded in red cherry bark. Part (a) Lid has two zig-zag rows, one on each side, in red and dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) in between, flanking diamond design in three colours and then reversed. Corners of lid are heavily beaded, alternating in red and dark cherry bark. Four checkered squares fill the sides, alternating between cat-tail grass (?), dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and red cherry bark. Short sides have three short diagonal rows in cat-tail grass (?). Cherry bark beading at edge of top and bottom edge.

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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BasketC400

Woven basket. Undecorated, bulbous, herring bone weave basket with cover. Blanket stitch around rim of both basket and cover; loop handle off of one side.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
bark and palm leaf
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatC403

A basketry woven hat with a crown and a wide brim. The side of the crown, and the rim each have two horizontal bands of decoration consisting of a four parallel diagonal grasses (?) creating a zig zag-like pattern.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
palm leaf ? or grass ?
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC405

Small skirt with a fringe made of numerous thin strips of grass knotted onto a thin twine waistband. There are remnants of two sets of ties on each end.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
grass
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowC1395

The shaft is plain. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, is wrapped with cane fibre. The point is plain dark wood that has an inflected long hardwood point with minute barbs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, wood and reed grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1746

The cloth is natural coloured, rectangular and decorated with eight panels. Each of the eight panels is a rectangle with a large 'X' extending from corner to corner. The border around the panel and the 'X' are red-brown. The area surrounding the 'X' is left natural but outlined in gray. The background is brown and cross-hatched with gray. Other details, such as differences in outlining and addition of dots, vary from panel to panel. Only one side of the cloth is painted.

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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BasketC1485 a-b

Plain woven basket (part a) with lid (part b), and having a rounded oval shape. Design consists of narrow bands of red and brown woven on a natural background. The handle curves over from one side to the other.

Culture
Samoan
Material
palm leaf, bark and wood
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC1489

Covered rectangular basket with two bail handles. Basketry is coil work and lid is a flap that comes from one of the long sides; handles are also lengthways. A round knob is on the front face.

Culture
Oceania
Material
palm leaf ? or grass ?
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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