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BasketNbz797

Open, handbag-style, rectangular coiled basket of cedar root with cedar slat foundation and sides. Handle is braided across top of loop work and at rim of basket on short sides. Three rows of wrapped looping below semi-circular handles. Looping is two rows of continuous triangle shapes and a bottom row of looped curls. Beaded and imbricated decoration on sides includes three rows of undyed light brown grass checkerboard design over top and bottom coiled rows. Stylized butterfly-like motif on each end and repeated twice on each side. Each butterfly has four 'wings' of cherry bark beading; each wing is three rows of over one, under one, over two, under one, and over one. Between the wings, top and bottom is one imbrication section of cherry bark and at the centre of the wings is two cherry bark with a grass imbrication element between.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
grass, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksNb642 a-m

Set of cylindrical gambling sticks with knobs on each end. (a) has three evenly spaced red lines around the circumference, at centre, crossed by a dark stain and three dark spots on one side. (b) has three evenly spaced thin black lines at centre and spots to one side. (c) has three evenly spaced red lines, a black line at one side and several spots at opposite end. One spot towards lines side. (d) has a black, red, then black line towards one end. (e) has three closely spaced thin black lines to one side; dark stains on this end. (f) has four red lines near centre; (g) has three black lines at centre with a black and a red shadow-like stains diagonally across centre; (h) has three faint red lines, evenly spaced at centre; (i) is stained red on one end with a black line towards centre and a shadowy black stain diagonally around centre. (j) has three red line near centre, a fourth red line near red stained end. Two white paint spots at this end. (k) has three red lines evenly spaced at centre and two black lines to one side. Stains near centre and white paint spots to one end. (l) has five spaced lines from centre, the outer two are thicker. (m) is undecorated.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
pigment and maple wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz796

Rectangular coiled basket of cedar root with cedar slat foundation and sides. Raised foot runs flush with sides. Single semi-circular wrapped handle across centre splits in two on both sides and loops through loops at plain rim. Beaded decoration on outer surface includes three bands of three rows of green dyed grass covering one coiled row, in a stepped design of over two and under one. These bands are spaced below the rim, and have two plain coiled rows between second and third bands. Foot has pink dyed grass band as wide as coiling, in a pattern of over one, under one, over one, under one, over three, under one, over one, and under one in evenly spaced segments with plain coiling intervening.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
cedar wood, grass, dye and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's HeaddressEd1.278

Child’s cap made of silk gauze ribbons with three long ribbons hanging down the back and ties made of orange silk cord ending in red and white tassels. Front edge of cap is made of a black ribbon with three Chinese characters stamped in gold on each side. Perpendicular to this, going over the top of the head, is a ribbon of yellow green silk gauze stamped with gold flowers and a cicada and embroidered with a Chinese character in red. A ribbon of red silk stamped with gold Chinese characters goes around the head, and parallel to this a blue ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters forms the lower edge of the cap. Over the ears are inserted triangles of pale w silk, each embroidered with a red and white flower. Most of the ribbons are lined with pink silk gauze. A black ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters goes down the centre back, with a similarly stamped blue ribbon on each side. At the centre front is an ornament composed of five circles embroidered with flowers, stuffed to make them round. At the centre is a flower carved from grey-green stone, at the centre of which is a yellow bead. From this ornament hang five pink silk tassels, each wrapped in silver thread.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal, silver metal, paste adhesive, jade mineral ? and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Crooked Beak MaskNb3.1411

Large white mask, with black and red as secondary colours, has curved beak with a spiral curled end resting on a square-like upper lip. Tapered curved downturned horns are inset into square grooves at upper rim above eyebrows and facing forward, a piece of metal is nailed at upper rim above each horn. Crescentic brows above black and white circular pupils. Beak has black ridge with short lines on each side; beak incorporates flaring hollow nostrils, two black ridged curvilinear lines above each nostril, black line along nostril rim and spiral end, red underside to beak; red lip band. Upper lip band has a series of inward pointing black triangles and a triangular groove at each end. Nailed at side on right is a small crooked beak of heaven mask. At back, curved red rectangular piece attached at hinge on bottom of upper jaw. Metal nailed over split on interior of lower jaw.

Culture
Wuikinuxv ?
Material
metal, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dzunuk'wa MaskNb3.1407

Dzunuk’wa mask with black hair inserted into drilled holes along upper rim and at brow ridge and a dark grey-black face. The mask has red-rimmed eye holes, a small flattish nose, open pursed red lips, and four red oval depressions, one on each temple and on each cheek. On the reverse, a cord is looped and knotted through two drilled holes in the sides at eye level. Three holes for hair inserts are visible on the reverse, two near the top, and one on the side below the hole for the cord. Signed "Beau Dick 1983" on the interior.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
hair, adhesive, fibre, paint and wood
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Human MaskNb11.338

Subtly shaped blue human face mask tha has hair, with the ends wrapped in tape, inserted into seventeen drilled holes in the upper rim. Painted bent black brows above hollow cut out almond shaped eyes. Orbital ridge melds with diagonal cheek ridges. Red-brown band around each hollow oval shaped nostril. Black moustache above continuous red-brown lip band while the lower lip protrudes. Triangular black goatee below lower lip. Reverse painted red-brown; two metal 'eyes' screwed in at eye level. Cord passed through eyes and tied. Signed on the back side rim 'J. David 82'.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
wood, fibre, metal, adhesive, cellulose, hair and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeAb310 a-b

Sheathed knife, oval in cross-section, with a wooden handle and sheath. Knife (a) blade is straight then tapers to a point with a ridge down its centre. The handle sides curve with carved bands of diamonds on one side and then taper to a small neck where it is tied with fibre before its fluted end. Sheath (b) is two pieces of wood lashed together with fine coated fibre at neck before fluted end. Wedge shaped projection at other end has a hole through from side to side. Zigzag carved line in central band. Two-tone wood.

Culture
Lozi ?
Material
wood, metal and fibre
Made in
Zambia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayN2.958

Rectangular tray with sloped sides. Rim and plum blossom design in gold on black ground.

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz695

Rectangular, coiled basket with a foot and a twined loop work rim. Sides and bottom are constructed over slat foundation with split stitches. Foot and row below loop work are beaded in red-brown. Imbricated with geometric designs in black, red-brown, and light yellow-brown with inward pointing arrow-like shapes at either long side and an x formation at either short end.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cherry bark, grass, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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