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MaskEh40

Mask depicting Gulu Sanniya (which represents dumbness) with deeply set eye sockets, a prominent blunt nose, a very large open mouth with lips drawn back to show protruding teeth, and a low forehead. The eyes have large black irises with a white dot at the centre, and the top half of each eye is outlined in black. The teeth are painted white and outlined in black, and the face is painted dark red. There is a hole in either side of the mask at the top of each cheek, and a strip of off-white cloth has been attached through the holes.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh39

Mask most likely depicting Murtu Sanniya (which represents swooning and fainting spells), but it could also be Kana Sanni (which represents blindness). The face is painted brown, the eyes have black pupils with drooping white eyelids outlined in red and black, the eyebrows are high arches, and there is an indentation between the eyes. There are crescent-shaped slits below the eyes, the nose has red nostrils, and the lips are also painted red. There is a hole on either side at the temples through which is threaded a white fabric strap. Label reads: "(Most probably) MURTU SANNI: swooning & fainting spells; but could be KANA: blindness" in typed letters, and "21" is written in the bottom corner of the label.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA6643

Wooden spoon with a handle in the form of a bird's head; shallow bowl with round lip. Bowl is blackened from use.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
wood
Made in
Greenville, British Columbia, Canada and Lakalzap, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA6681

Small wooden totem pole with four figures. The front of the totem pole has three planes into which the four figures are carved. The figures may represent abstract forms of sea or water animals, possibly a whale, fish and frog? The figures are painted green and accented with white. The pole is painted red and rests on a small base painted green and red.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3422

Rounded basket with a flat, circular bottom, lid and two handles. Interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base and watch-spring lid construction. Lid has an indented slat flange. Wrapped splint handle on body, and thong ties. Decorated with both beading and imbrication. Lid has beading in two concentric rows (grass and red cherry bark) with imbricated pattern, while the body has a continuous 'wave' pattern which has angular appearance, because of width of stitches (one per slat), interspersed with what looks like small animal figures beaded in red. Double beaded row of grass staggered on bottom row.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
canary grass, deer skin ?, cherry bark, cedar root and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3423

Tan basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), parallel slat base foundation, and overcast rim. Rim loops to allow connection of two overcast handles. Decorated with three double rows of beading in black/red cherry bark separated by one undecorated row.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cherry bark, wood, cedar root and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3114

Basket made of birch bark that has been bent and sewn together with birch root. Birch twig around rim is overcast with birch root. Geometric design around sides is scratched on. On one side is lines with triangles (vertex down). On the other side are vertical lines of diamonds. The darker side of the bark is to the outside. (Raley label #165 on base.)

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
birch bark, birch wood and birch root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA3428

Circular coiled cedar root basketry tray. Inside of tray has a red maple leaf decoration in the center of a circle of black 'arrow head' shapes. The exterior surface of the sides are imbricated and beaded with red cherry bark and grass. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), and watch-spring base construction. Two wood slats form the sides. The handles are coiled.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, grass, cherry bark and dye
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa34 a-b

Short, squat, cylindrical basket (part a) with lid (part b) of approximately the same size and shape. Natural colour. Thin, flat, roughly circular discs have been woven into the center of the base and into the top of the lid. The strands which pierce the outer edge of the wooden inserts every few centimeters as they radiate outwards, joining the wooden pieces with the surrounding basket.

Culture
Igorot
Material
rattan and wood
Made in
Igorot, Mountain, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa16

One strand of beads encases a cylinder of wood and is hung as a pendant on a long single-strand of multicoloured beads. Overall colours on strand are yellow with red, blue with red, and white with black.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
plastic, glass, wood and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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