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BasketNb7.328

Twined round basket with a square base and a circular mouth. Base is plaited with four rows of brown twining demarcating the base from the sides. Walls in plain twining are decorated with two rows of red-brown twining and eight geometric designs in the shape of orange and red parallelograms. Rim is folded over and secured with a row of twining.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
grass, dye, palm leaf and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.325

Cylindrical basket. Base warps radiate from a small cedar bark square with a twined bottom. Sides are decorated with a band consisting of seven rows of twining with purple on the inside fading to a yellow-brown on the outside. Rim is reinforced with bundle wrapped with grass material.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
grass ?, palm leaf and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.85

Twined, cylindrical basket with slightly flaring walls. Base decorated with five rows of yellow-brown stitches alternating with brown cedar bark stitches. Base continues for five rows up wall of basket, forming first decorative band. Above this is a five row band of yellow-brown, two row band of dark brown, central band of red-brown and yellow-brown alternating to form vertical stripes, two rows of dark brown, top band consists of four rows of yellow-brown, rim folded over and secured with row of twining.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
palm leaf, dye and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1242/2

Rectangular basket with tall straight sides. Sides have two bands of open work triangles formed from one zigzag coil; one band is at bottom of walls and one is at top. Walls are decorated on interior and exterior with regularly spaced flower decorations.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx ?
Material
cedar root ?, palm leaf fibre ? and dye
Made in
Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe312

An arrow shaft, 91 cm. long, of pitpit (sword grass). The foreshaft is a 4 cm. (between bindings) length of black palm wood, secured to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The lanceolate point is a flat piece of bamboo 1.5 cm. wide projecting 18 cm. beyond the binding. The point is bound to the foreshaft by a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide coated with yellow clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, rattan, bark, palm wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeIe313

Axe (t-shaped, mount Hagen type). Flat head of green-grey stone which projects 21 cm. from the handle, 10 cm. wide. Head balanced by projection of black palm wood 25 cm. long, flattened oval in cross-section, 3 cm. wide, with a narrow raised ridge around circumference 5.5 cm. from the end. Handle of black palm wood, and balancing projection coated with a black substance. Three components are bound together with heavy rattan.

Culture
Kewa
Material
stone, resin, black palm wood and rattan
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe310

An arrow shaft, 82 cm. long, made of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. The foreshaft of black palm wood, 41 cm. long, has an incised design. At the point of insertion into the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven split rattan 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is inserted into a hollow lanceolate bone point 10 cm. long with a sleeve of woven split rattan 1.5 cm. wide at the point of insertion. The point is rubbed with grey clay. The foreshaft is rubbed with grey clay and red ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, bone, rattan, ochre pigment, resin, clay and palm wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe309

An arrow shaft made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with a black coating. The fore-shaft of black palm wood is round in cross section and narrower at the point end. This has been incised with deep longitudinal and short transverse lines. The insertion into the shaft has been secured with a sleeve of woven rattan. Sleeves and fore-shaft are coated with red ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, resin, ochre pigment, palm wood and rattan
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe308

An arrow shaft, 86.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is red-brown with black coating. The fore-shaft of the black palm wood is 13 cm. long between the bindings. At the joint, with the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven rattan 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is bound to the point coated with grey clay. The long bone point protrudes 14 cm. beyond the binding.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, bone, rattan, palm wood, resin, clay and bark
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIh208

Dark brown wood spear, round in cross-section, with the shaft tapered to the butt. The tip is coiled with binding of flat plant fibre, now partially broken, covering the point to 48 cm. from the tip. In the binding, there are set broken remains of five sets of four bone barbs at 4, 13, 23, 35, 45 cm. from the tip. Thick plant fibre sleeve is 53.7-55.3 cm. from the tip. Carved with figures that have circular eyes and a large diamond-shaped nose with a wood ball below.

Culture
Fijian
Material
bone, fibre and palm wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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