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Armband2948/72

Armband. Elongated oval band of woven rattan fibre. Pigment has been added to the outside leaving an accent between ridges.

Culture
Asmat
Material
rattan ? and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/26

Small woven bag of bast string with a long, narrow, braided strap. The bottom is flat with rounded corners. Mostly light tan, there is some darker discolouration. The bag has a faded dark grey, charcoal horizontal stripe across the middle that is 1cm at its narrowest and 2.5cm at its thickest. There is a similar dark grey patch along one side of the strap where the charcoal has transferred from the main body.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre and charcoal pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/25

A long, cylindrical, bast string bag in a loose weave with rounded base. Four charcoal-grey, horizontal stripes encircle the bag. Silver-grey stripes sit below. The braided strap has been interwoven on one side and tied to the opening on the opposite side.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre and charcoal pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/22

Bag, roughly rectangular, made of pandanus fibre with rounded corners at the bottom and a thin, folded lip at the opening. The front is adorned with a pattern of rectangles and red ochre sections of the same but smaller shape, surrounded by a border of lime. Three vertical lines, constructed of a raised weave running perpendicular to the main body, are painted with red ochre. An ochre stripe continues horizontally, around the middle of the back. The braided strap overlaps the body by 20 cm at each end; interwoven into the body and knotted on the backside just under the lip and at the ends.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre, ochre pigment and lime pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt2948/14

Grass skirt consisting of long ruddy-brown blades of sago leaf attached to a broad, woven waistband of 5 rows and 24 columns, alternating between yellow-brown and dark brown fibres with remnants of red ochre. Four long tassels of tight braids drape from the top of the belt; two with cockatoo feathers at the ends. An undulating double row of coix seeds and a several yellow, blue and green plastic beads are threaded with fine, bright green nylon twine over the top of the belt. The waistband ends are broad loops; the right end has a long, broad, loosely woven braid of tight braids of sago leaf.

Culture
Asmat
Material
sago fibre, plant fibre, seed, feather, plastic, dye and ochre pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask, Cannibal Spirit16/963

DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY: MASKS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. MACNAIR, PETER, JOSEPH, AND GRENVILLE EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1990, Publisher: THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.FIRST EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978, Publisher: THE CENTER FOR INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE ARTS OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: SECOND EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978 ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. HARNER, M.J. AND A.B. ELSASSER EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1965

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, pigment, hide, fur and string
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Rattle50.2/6809

Culture
Salish
Material
hoof, hide, wood and pigment
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Basket With Lid50.2/6653 AB
Basket50.2/6652
Basket, Coiled, Large50.2/5704