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Basket2868/2

Oblong basket with two thin handles. The basket is primarily the natural cane or bamboo and raffia colours, but there are two bands of three lines each of dyed dark blue raffia, around the perimeter of the object. The structure of the basket has vertical and horizontal supports made from cane or bamboo, wrapped with raffia. On either of the longest sides of the basket, there is a braided handle. The handles are tied together over the middle of the basket with a piece of raffia. There is a number written in pen on the bottom of the basket.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bamboo grass, palm leaf and dye
Made in
Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2814/45 a-i

Woven dart quiver (part a), with seven darts (parts b-i). Quiver is long and cylindrical with flared sides that widen at the rim. Quiver is tightly woven with a darker brown colour woven into the bottom half in a zigzag pattern. The bottom is flat and capped with resin coated fabric. A twine string is tied around the quiver at the narrowest part at the bottom, perhaps for hanging. Inside the quiver there is a bundle of grass to hold the darts in place. Each dart is composed of a thin wooden stick with cotton tied to the tips with a thin piece of string.

Culture
Makuna
Material
guarumo leaf, curare resin, kapok fibre, palm wood, grass, guarumo fibre, cotton fibre and resin
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/42

Flute with eight progressively shorter and narrower pipes, held together with palm twine tied around the width. The fourth pipe has twine wrapped around the length of the pipe. The pipes are open at the mouth end and closed at the other.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre and reed grass
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/57

Blowgun with long cylindrical palm wood shaft, hollow on the inside. A second round hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end of the shaft, and is held in place with resin and adhesive. Shaft is circled by ever-closer naturally occurring growth rings from top to bottom. At top is a flared hollow mouthpiece attached to the shaft with resin. Close to the shaft’s top is a rounded protrusion of resin holding two thin strips of wood(?) that are orange and white in colour.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/56

Blowgun with a long cylindrical palm wood shaft, hollow in the middle. A second smaller hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end, and is held in place with resin and adhesive. At top is a flared hollow mouthpiece, attached to the shaft with resin and a loop of hair.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/40

Flute with eight progressively shorter and narrower pipes, held together with palm twine tied around the width. The pipes are open at the mouth end and closed at the other.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre and reed grass
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body Paint Container2814/38 a-b

Black body paint container in the shape of a teardrop, made from a palm seed. Geometric designs are carved into the seed. There are two circular indents on the bottom half of the seed, and one circular hole on the other side into which part b fits. There is a line around the middle of the seed, bissecting it, suggesting that these two parts once could come apart. Part b is a small wood stopper with red pigment on one half. Coloured part inserts into the hole in part a.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm seed and pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff Tube2814/31

Egret bone tube that is y-shaped with two balls of resin on the tips of the bone and holes in the tops. Resin also near the base, where the two pieces of bone split off. Two prongs are tied with cumare string.

Culture
Makuna
Material
egret bone, resin, palm seed and tucum palm fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/58

Blowgun with long, hollow, cylindrical palm wood shaft. A second, smaller hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end. Two circles of plant fibre are wrapped around the shaft near the bottom. Shaft is circled by ever-closer naturally occurring growth rings from top to bottom. At top is a flared wooden mouthpiece attached with resin and a thin circle of plant fibre.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin, palm fibre and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/55

Blowgun with long, cylindrical, hollow shaft. Shaft is circled by ever-closer naturally occurring growth rings from top to bottom. Close to the shaft’s top is a rounded protrusion of resin holding 2 thin strips of wood ? orange and white in colour. The hollow mouthpiece is carved of a red tinted wood and flares toward the top. It is attached to the shaft with resin. A thin ring of fibre is attached to the shaft at the centre bottom with resin. A second round hollow tube has been inserted into the end of the blowgun.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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