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BagH2.1

Cylindrical, light beige-coloured woven basket with a flat bottom and straight sides--geometric patterning in pink, red, purple, yellow, orange and blue encircles the sides.

Culture
Andes
Material
hemp fibre ?, sisal fibre ?, nettle fibre ? and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe408

A band of brown string wound over wood, tapering to two arms with loops, one fitted through the other. The top feathers are red, green, yellow, white, blue, and grey and decorate the wide part. Cowrie shells line the lower edge. Below, on strings, there are hanging two lines of small cowries, two single cowrie shells and two fragments of other shells.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, parrot feather, clam shell ?, cowrie shell and nettle fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5037

Upward flaring, rounded, cylindrical basket decorated with a light yellow-brown vertical zigzag pattern on a brown background. Rim is looped.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
nettle fibre and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NetA4410

Knotted net bag of nettle fibre--decreases in diameter toward the bottom. Top edge attached to twisted cedar rope. This rope is attached on two sides to a wooden loop made by bending a twig and lashing the ends together. (These were probably attached to sticks as a means of suspending the net.)

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, nettle fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5201

Dark brown twined basket woven in a white fibre to create a geometric pattern. Basket has loops of nettle fibre sewn around the rim.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
dye and nettle fibre
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5220

Twined, rounded basket with twisted loops on the rim. False embroidery. Design consists of vertical zigzags imposed on vertical stripes.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC982

Rigid, u-shaped necklace decorated with boar's tusks; tusks are symmetrically attached with the larger tusks at the top and diminishing to smaller teeth-like attachments. Necklace is closed a the top with two tusks tied together at the tips.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nettle fibre and boar tusk
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1200 a

Woven, nettle fibre bag (bilum) in a trapezoidal shape with a short, woven, broken handle. The bag is decorated with geometric designs of yellow and blue on natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1200 b

Woven, nettle fibre bag (bilum) rectangular in shape with a short, woven handle. The bag is detailed on the surface with a geometric pattern in green and purple on natural ground. The reverse side is undecorated.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1234 a

Large nettle bag (bilum) in a trapezoidal-like shape, round and wide at the bottom then tapering to the top. On either side of the slit opening is the end of a woven handle. The body of the bag is detailed with two bands of a maroon and green triangular pattern followed by three maroon and green stripes; all on a natural ground.

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