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Basketry Motorcycle2744/1 a-c

Three-quarter scale basketry model of a Harley Davidson motorcycle. The front wheel and handlebars (a) are joined to the main body (b) with a rattan peg (c) and can swivel. Motorcycle sits back on a bamboo kickstand and back wheel, leaving front wheel suspended in the air.

Culture
Javanese ?
Material
bamboo grass, rattan, water hyacinth stem, metal and adhesive
Made in
Java, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan492/1

Rattan ? fan covered in small beads and edged with blue and yellow silk fabric. The fan has a semi-circular body with a curved indentation at the back to form a rectangular shaped stem that attaches to a long cylindrical shaped, wooden handle. The handle is painted red and green. The centre of the fan has a multi-coloured bead plant motif in with dark green, orange, yellow, navy and pink on a white background. Around the outer edge are dark green, white and red stripes. The back of the fan is covered in dark pink, cotton cloth. The back has a small rectangular adhesive tag that reads ‘Made in India’.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre ?, paint, dye, wood, glass, rattan ?, metal and silk fibre
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan758/2

Rattan and bamboo(?) fan covered in small beads with dark green, yellow, blue, red, light green and navy designs on a white background. The fan has a semi-circular body that indents at the back to form a rectangular shaped stem that attaches to the cylindrical shaped handle. Around the outer edge of the fan are multi-coloured birds followed by stripes. The centre holds a large plant surrounded by peacocks and lions. The handle is decorated with multi-coloured stripes. The back of the fan is covered in pink, cotton cloth.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
glass, rattan ?, bamboo grass ?, dye and fibre
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan758/3

Fully beaded u-shaped fan over woven rattan or grass (?). Birds and bushes in blue, yellow, red, green, and orange on white background, multi-coloured handle and looped fringe at bottom. Reverse side is pink fabric.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
glass, rattan ?, bamboo grass ?, dye, fibre and wood
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxB45

Cylindrical container with a short chain that has string on a wire handle to which a bone spatula is attached. Container is decorated with a design that consists of tapering ovals around the upper portion and semi-circles around the lower portion. Lid has toothed ends and is decorated with a design that consist of semi circles on the lower edge which are engraved and painted. Woven bands are around the container and lid.

Culture
Iban
Material
brass metal, bone, rattan, iron metal, bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB119 a-b

Cylindrical container (part a) of a box of a section of bamboo that is quite plain. Container has a smaller upper portion that is of a darker orange-brown than the longer lower section that is light yellow-brown with faint incised markings of a horizontal band around near the top with a vertical zig zag. Waist hook and handle (part b) is elaborately carved in animal and floral patterns and is attached to the box with two bands of woven rattan and string. Two-pronged handle has a long bodied, crouching animal with rounded eyes, a snout, an open mouth that shows the tongue, and a short split tail. Animal is standing over an elaborate open work spiral design. Behind the animal, there is a panel with elaborate spiral designs on the back of which, there is carved a human face with a turn-wheel-like feature that has horn-like projections at either side above in between the human face and the animal.

Culture
Punan
Material
wood, rattan and bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB105

Very plain instrument with several finger holes. Eight sections of bamboo of varying lengths are inserted into the gourd and tied around with rattan. One set of four bamboo sections are of relatively equal length, being shorter than the other set of four, of which, the two tallest ones are in the middle. The gourd has a hole.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, resin, rattan and gourd fruit
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB39

Beaker-shaped woven basket in two layers with a fine outside of woven grass and a coarse inside of woven rattan. Brass for the foot and a brass band in the middle with a string handle. Woven geometric design in panels of red, black, and brown. Upper portion design consists of swirls. Lower portion design consists of diamond shapes that have petal-like shapes at either side within and extending swirls at either top and bottom within.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
rattan, brass metal and grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB109

Body of basketry woven hat is cylindrical and has a black geometric design on a natural background that consists of a central horizontal band of squares that have x shapes within bordered by outward pointing triangles at either end. Crown is decorated with split rattan radiating from the centre point which is made of thread and strips of fabric. Has a blue, red, and white tassel-like feature at the top centre. A bundle of yellow thread and a strip of red fabric are tied around the upper portion of the body of the hat just below the crown.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
rattan, cotton fibre and palm leaf
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB496 a-m

Cylindrical container with design around the upper portion that consists of a horizontal geometric band of compressed lines, with another of circles that have a pair of lines within, and is decorated with three woven bands and several dark rings with a simple handle. Container (part a) has four more small cylindrical containers within, two (parts c and d) of which hold darts. The first small container (part b) is open at one end, while the other end is rounded with a small hole. The second small container (part c) is thinner than part b and open at one end while the other end is rounded. The second small container (part c) has seven darts (parts f-l), two of which have covers on them. The third small container (part d) is of medium size, open at one end while the other end is flat with a hole. This container also has a bundle of seven darts (part m), one of which has a cover on it. The fourth small container (part e) is the smallest--wrapped wtih string, it is closed at one end while a plug is in the other end.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass, rattan and dye ?
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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