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Body MaskIe505

Tumbuan body mask/costume. Mask is composed of a conical basketry top with woven facial features near the top, which is finished with a lip that juts upwards and outwards to form a circle as viewed from the top. The top is painted in alternating white and orange vertical bands. The bottom of the mask is finished with a long fringe attached to a ring of bent branch.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, bark fibre, ochre pigment ?, lime mineral ? and palm leaf
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coconut Strainer734/6

Strainer, twill weave in natural coloured plant material. Elongated cone shape with loop at small end.

Culture
Swahili
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat734/2

Hat of stitched together palm leaves with an ovular brim and a pointed tip. Brim has leaves folded around it and has blanket stitching in light brown twined cord; other stitching is in thin pieces of palm leaf. Interior has a second layer of woven leaves with a band around sides for holding onto head and a third layer across one of the narrow ends with an edge finished with folded over leaf and blanket stitching.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes1404/38 a-b

Pair of small shoes made from woven palm leaf. The base of the shoe is made from interwoven leaves, and the upper part of the shoe is made from leaves woven into a chevron pattern with the ends of the leaves on the inside of each shoe.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandSf1161

Armband for the lower arm, woven so that one end has long warp tassels from end of pattern while the other end is looped with cord running through the length of the warp.

Culture
Mayoruna
Material
palm fibre
Made in
Peru ? or Brazil ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1160 a-b

Loom for making wrist bands (parts a-b) consisting of a piece of branch wood (part a) that is bent and tied into a teardrop shape. It is bound only at the point where the two ends meet. Attached to the loom is a half completed wristlet with two shuttles. Part b is the wood beater or weaving sword, in an elongated diamond shape, made out of very hard wood. One end of beater is a sharp point, the other end is blunt.

Culture
Mayoruna
Material
wood and palm fibre
Made in
Peru ? or Brazil ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth1001/3

Square, textured, raffia cloth woven in dark yellow and cream diamond pattern with heavy parallel brown and light brown lines between.

Culture
Kuba
Material
palm leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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