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Shield2642/3

Shield with coiled pieces of cane-like grass bound with horizontal lashings. Both ends come to a point, and one end is slightly narrower than the other. There are geometric designs in black on the front and back of the shield. There is a handle attached to the reverse side of the shield.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
leaf ?, grass and rattan
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierD1.78

Coiled cedar root basketry cradle with simple interlocking coiled work. Parallel slat base. Decorated with both beading and imbricated designs in red and black with the upper four slats being full and the lower three slats having an X pattern.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, canary grass and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC1560

Grass skirt made with numerous thin dark brown fibre strips woven onto a braided waist band. There is a tie on one of the ends.

Culture
Australian
Material
grass
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH2.51 a-b

A basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Design consist of rows of pink and purple with yellow geometric patterns. The lid is conical and comes to an open point and has a leather cap. The exterior is faded and dark but the interior is bright.

Culture
Arawak
Material
leather skin and grass
Made in
Guyana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.1

Brown, rectangular, picnic-like basket with a handle arching from one side to the other. Basket has a checker work (plaited) bottom and wicker work sides.

Culture
Mohawk: Kanienkehaka
Material
birch bark ?
Made in
Deseronto, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.3

Square bottomed, circular woven basket with a thin, flat topped handle bridging the centre. Split strips; wicker work sides, checker work (plaited) bottom.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
ash wood and sweet grass ?
Made in
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD3.4 a-b

Flat bottomed, circular woven basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid. Lid has a radial woven design with the red-coloured strips used for the warp overlapping at the centre. Basket's bottom is made from overlapping, thick, bright red strips. Top rim of basket features a broad band of bright red weaving. Bottom rim of lid is woven with a single, thin strip of red material.

Culture
Panawahpskek
Material
sweet grass and red willow wood ?
Made in
Penobscot, Maine, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.311

Small flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction (single stitch end reinforcement). Imbricated design of six vertical bands, two on long sides, one on end, in cat-tail grass (?) with red cherry bark diagonal stripes. Buckskin thongs and string on one side.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, deer skin ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketD1.313

Small round coiled basket (bifurcated stitches), watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design in two rows of red and dark cherry bark bands with 'v' shapes in checkerboard of dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). One row of small half crosses near rim.

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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BasketD1.314

Part (a) is covered dish-shaped coiled basket work (bifurcated stitches), watch-spring construction base and a rounded lid with knob, part (b). Imbricated arrow-like design on upper lip and lower body in alternating rows of black cherry bark and red cherry bark, and cat-tail grass? Similar design on domed lid but doubled, and some beading of both red and dark cherry on knob.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx: Lil'wat ?
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, cat-tail grass ? and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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