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HeaddressIh221

Headdress that tapers to a spiked segment with a tuft of off-white and brown feathers at the top and has four faces around the base with two protruding, tapering and curved arms opposite each other just below the spiked segment. Tufts of plant fibre attached through holes along the bottom edge. Painted with white, black, orange-brown, and yellow details and geometric designs.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood, clay, feather, paint, shell ? and plant fibre
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseC736

Model house on stilts with a door, a wooden plank floor, and a plain gable roof. Constructed from palm leaves folded over wooden sticks and secured with thin sticks woven through slits in the leaves, and these are secured over a wooden frame with twined plant fibre.

Culture
Fijian
Material
palm leaf, wood and plant fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1404/34

Hat made of leaf sewn together with plant fibre and stem and bell-shaped overall. The rim, which has a short indented section, is sewn with twined plant fibre(?) stitches that form a braided edge, and the sides of the hat are stitched together in rows with twined plant fibre(?). The roughly circular piece of leaf at the top of the crown is stitched on with thick pieces of plant stem(?). There is a fibre strap inside with a metal coin attached.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
leaf, stem, plant fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace Doily1712/12

A hand made circular lace doily. The main concentric abstract design is consisting of a densely crocheted circle at the centre with an overlay of eleven inward pointing triangular designs around the periphery, surrounded by looser crocheting, surrounded by dense crocheting. The outer band is of looser crocheting forms that has very small outer scallops all around.

Culture
Swedish ?
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Sweden ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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W'iigyet's Journey2573/1 a-b

A book (part a) and a feather (part b). The book (part a) has a brown cover and a title of 'W'iigyet's Journey' in black on the front. The pages are white with black lettering and artwork in red and black. A few pages have 'pop-up' artwork. Sections include the following: 'Introduction', 'W'ii Gyet's First Home', 'Feast of the Sun for The Creatures of the Forest', and 'Acknowledgements'. The book is signed and dated on the last page: 'Limited Edition of 10 / W'ii Gyet's Journey / August 2002 / Author / Artist Doreen Jensen / Collaborator / Paper Engineer cindy chan piper / Date December 2002 Edition No. 10'. The dark grey feather (part b) is attached to a twisted cedar bark cord and acts as a bookmark.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
paper, cedar bark, feather, cotton fibre, plant fibre, synthetic fibre, wood, adhesive, leather skin and ink
Made in
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1176/37

Bag made of woven plant fibre with several rows of intentional holes in the weaving, and four rows of light grey seed ornamentation with a thin band of grey pigment at the top, a thick band of light red pigment across the middle, and a band of red pigment along the bottom. The sides of the bag are also decorated with a band of grey seeds, there is a woven strap attached to the reverse, and there is a thick band of grey seeds with several dangling elements composed of a red seed, a segment of black reed(?), a red seed, a grey seed, and an off-white feather at the tip. There are two clusters of orange-brown and black thin feathers at either side of the bag front.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
plant fibre, feather, seed, dye, reed grass ? and paint ?
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1435

Twenty-one long teeth are woven tightly together at varying intervals and decorated with blue and red beads in an alternating geometric design pattern. Three teeth from each outer edge and three teeth from the middle are extended to form a longer three-pronged handle decorated with blue and red beads in an alternating geometric design pattern.

Culture
Melanesian
Material
plant fibre, glass and wood
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhiskC21

A light brown cylindrical handle, thinner in between the flared outward ends. One end has a tassel with braided bases of numerous strands of vegetable fibres forming the whisk.

Culture
Samoan
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Upolu, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC132

Ten whale teeth with holes drilled into them, attached together by a braided, brown coir fibre cord.

Culture
Fijian
Material
whale tooth and plant fibre
Made in
Fiji ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StrawK4.109

Long tubular drinking straw made of faded yellow and red-brown coiled vegetable fibre. One end has a woven strainer and the other has a mouth piece that curves to one side. Paper sticker on the side of the tube near the strainer.

Culture
Ganda
Material
wood, grass, plant fibre, paper and ink
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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