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Model Baby CarrierNb657

Open twined carrier, or cradle, with semi-circular cross-section, wedge-shaped at the bottom with a closed end while open at the top. Wrapped handle forms top structural support and is wrapped in sections of light yellow-brown bear grass. Dark brown bark(?) stick-like warps form a semi-circle out from the handle crossed by clusters of widely spaced twining. Wedge-shaped bottom is twined across the back and up the front. There is one twisted support across the top of the cradle.

Culture
Yurok
Material
root, bark ?, bear grass and wood
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stick PlateNb655

Round, open twined plate curving up at the sides. Two rows of multi-ply 2 strand braided rim. Rigid stick-like warps are bound with evenly spaced rows of twined split root weft elements. Warps form a triangular pattern.

Culture
Yurok
Material
wood ? and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sifting TrayNb651

Flat, round, twined tray with concentric design bands on the top surface and two sets of two wrapped, raised rings on the bottom and at the rim and over halfway to the centre. Design includes the following: light yellow-white bear grass at the rim and alternating brown background in the third row; and wide band of overlaid bear grass with three repeating band-like motifs, each with similar triangular appendages. Two of these appendages have a diagonal row of black fern stem at one end; single row of background; row of alternating bear grass and background; two rows of bear grass; three rows with evenly alternating rows; and several centre rows that are the background.

Culture
Yurok
Material
bear grass, fern, wood ? and root
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe312

An arrow shaft, 91 cm. long, of pitpit (sword grass). The foreshaft is a 4 cm. (between bindings) length of black palm wood, secured to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The lanceolate point is a flat piece of bamboo 1.5 cm. wide projecting 18 cm. beyond the binding. The point is bound to the foreshaft by a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide coated with yellow clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, rattan, bark, palm wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven RattleNbz798

Rattle depicting a horizontal raven with a straight beak, which rests upon the bird's chest. The wings are at the sides and there are five splayed protruding tail feathers at the bottom. The bird figure is painted blue with red accents delineating the beak and feathers. A long unpainted handle extends from the base of body. There is a horizontal cut through the body and the handle. The two pieces have been nailed together with one nail, which is located in the handle at base of the raven's body. The nail protrudes through the underside of the handle. The hollow body likely contains pebbles, which create noise when shaken.

Culture
Coast Salish: K'omoks
Material
stone ?, adhesive, metal, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombIe339

A comb of yellow wood, roughly rectangular in shape. Nine teeth are running parallel to the longitudinal axis. The long teeth are 14 cm. long and have been shaped to be roughly round in cross-section. At the opposite end, there has been cut an indentation shaped like a flattened v, with each side measuring 6 cm. The remaining solid wood surface has been incised with a pattern of diamonds and transverse lines. The smallest diamonds have been painted red.

Culture
Kewa
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeIe314 a-b

Axe (t-shaped, mount Hagen type). Flat head (part b) of black stone projects 20 cm. from the handle, curving towards the working edge, tapering towards handle. Blade balanced by projection of wood extending 16 cm. from the handle, 3 cm. wide, flattened oval in cross-section, with narrow raised ridge around circumference 2 cm. from the end. Projection partially coated with grey clay. Handle (part a) of wood is a flattened oval in cross-section, tapered to the end. Components bound together with binding of heavy rattan. Head is loose.

Culture
Kewa
Material
rattan, wood and stone
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeIe313

Axe (t-shaped, mount Hagen type). Flat head of green-grey stone which projects 21 cm. from the handle, 10 cm. wide. Head balanced by projection of black palm wood 25 cm. long, flattened oval in cross-section, 3 cm. wide, with a narrow raised ridge around circumference 5.5 cm. from the end. Handle of black palm wood, and balancing projection coated with a black substance. Three components are bound together with heavy rattan.

Culture
Kewa
Material
stone, resin, black palm wood and rattan
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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