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Dance ScreenA7232

Woven brown dance screen with painted design. The dance screen has an open weave and is made of several pieces sewn together with vertical seams. The top edge has been folded over and sewn, to be mounted on a wooden pole. The central design is a totem pole in black, red and green. The pole has two raven motifs; the raven in red holds his head up, the raven in green is looking down. There is a twisted fibre fringe on the lower edge.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stinging nettle fibre ?, paint and bird feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Root-Digging BagA9366

Cylindrical basketry bag with leather sewn to rim. The rim also has leather ties attached on one side and a cotton string looped through the top of the basket on the opposite side. Cotton string is used for the wefts at the base, but a natural fibre is used for the main body of the basket and for the warps. Some of the warps are dyed a dark brown, but most of them are a yellowish brown colour. The body of the basket is completely decorated with designs, in dark brown, which are arranged in vertical columns. Some of them represent butterflies, quadraped animals (dogs ?), fish, and diamonds.

Culture
Wasco
Material
nettle fibre, cotton fibre, leather skin and dye
Made in
Washington, USA ? or Oregon, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TumplineA1457

Loom woven tumpline; red, brown arrowhead design, brown ends.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
nettle fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3610/7

Large woven bag (bilum). The bag is loosely woven and expandable. Its shape is rectangular with a rounded bottom. The opening is wide. The body of the bag has alternating horizontal bands of a natural light yellow-brown with either dark grey, tan or blue-green. A long wide handle or tumpline of alternating natural, tan and dark grey colours is attached to the bag at the corners of the bag's opening.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3610/6

Large looped net bag (bilum), loosely woven and expandable. The handle or tumpline is circular with the body woven from the handle. Due to the curve at the top, the bag is narrow at the shoulder, widening toward a rounded rectangular bottom. The opening is wide. The body of the bag has horizontal bands of red alternating with bands of brown or green.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tumpline1925.335

The catalogue card states, Carrying strap, the band which goes across the forehead of mountain-goat wool dyed and woven with a zig-zag pattern of light wool against darker brown background. The headband has two side lines attached to the cedar bark underweaving which are made from plaited cedar bark and fibre, possibly nettle fibre or cotton.; Good

Culture
Coast Salish ? or Interior Salish ?
Material
mountain goat wool, cedar bark and nettle fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Spirit Dance BeltA8752

Woven belt with geometric design in black and red and purple on white. Design consists mainly of stripes. The ends are braided to create ties.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
dye, wool fibre and nettle fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TumplineA1460

Hand woven strap with braided ends. Decorated with a bar and checker design in white and green.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
nettle fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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