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Offering PlateIb475

Small foliated rim plate carved under the glaze with a central chrysanthemum roundel surrounded by geometric key-fret type designs. The everted rim has a hatched diaper design. Covered in an uneven green glaze.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseIb474

Heavily potted celadon vase of slender oval form, with carved sketchy decoration to the body of a peony meander among curling leafy stems below a band of cloud-like scroll design on the shoulder. Short upright neck carved with simple vertical ribs below the lipped rim, and a narrow waisted base with a band of petal-like vertical flutes. Covered overall with a glassy, crackled olive green glaze.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlIb473

Dish decorated around the well in underglaze blackish-blue cobalt with a swift, broad watery brushwork of scroll and swirl designs and a central roundel painted with the character 'fu', all on a creamy-grey crackled ground. An unglazed circular ring left in the interior.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
paint, glaze and clay
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat2516/20

Broad rimmed conical hat composed mainly of round rattan strips sewn onto palm leaf. The top section of about 5 cm is covered in coils of string and includes a thin tassle at the point, which is 6.7 cm long. Below this is a 5 cm band of red rattan (sewn on) bordered by green triangles, then a 10.5 cm band of natural leaf and rattan, then a 5 cm band of red and green like above is repeated. The rim itself is covered with a sewn on (over-cast) design of thin string. There are eight bands of design radiating from the top point down to the brim in alternating colours.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
rattan, metal, paint, palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2516/19

Hand-woven textile which could have been worn as a skirt. Top and bottom each have wide black bands with thinner off-white, black, light brown and red stripes inside them. The rest of the cloth is densely covered with traditional repeating geometric patterns.

Culture
Iban
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2516/18

Hand-woven textile with woven traditional designs and two large male figures in orangy-red, black and off-white. Short fringe on both short ends. The long edges have bands of pink and off-white.

Culture
Iban
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2516/17

Hand-woven textile covered in different patterns on each side, with a fringe at each end. One side of textile has reddish-pink, beige and blue-black bands along top and bottom with a central band of traditional designs in off-white, black and reddish-brown. The other side is covered in a segmented repeating pattern of traditional designs in off-white, black and reddish-brown.

Culture
Iban
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2516/16

Hand-woven cloth with mirrored traditional patterns on either side of a vertical black band, on a reddish-brown ground. Top and bottom edges have stripes of red, white and black running full horizontal length. Ends have short fringe.

Culture
Iban
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/15 a-b

Knife (part a) with an L-shaped wooden handle, incised at top. Between handle and blade is a metal band which is mostly gold coloured, but silver underneath. The blade is shaped: it begins narrow at the handle end, then extends on one side convexly, narrowing again at the tip to a point. The upper edge of the blade runs to a gentle peak at the centre and then sloping down again to the tip. The scabbard (part b) is made of two pieces pegged and lashed together. On both sides is an incised line, painted black, that starts 2.5 cm from the top and runs the length of the scabbard, terminating in a black triangle. There are 4 dark brown braided bands encircling the scabbard, approx. 5.5 cm apart. (A fifth is missing.)

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood, steel metal, metal, grass ? and paint ?
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2516/14 a-b

Knife (part a) with long steel blade. Top edge at blade tip is carved out in notched pattern and the blade itself curves slightly lengthwise. Base of bone handle has interwoven wires wrapped around it, upper area has incised designs and tufts of pink, black and off-white hair sticking out of protrusion openings. The wood scabbard is made of two pieces held together with 15 encircling dark brown grass bands. There are also two designs of interwoven light and dark grass forming circular patterns. The wood of the scabbard (part b) has two areas of incised designs and four areas with pink, black and off-white hair tufts. At the back of the scabbard is a thin pod-like sheath attached, which has a woven grass handle and a string attached through a slit. A piece of stiff folded pig skin(?) protrudes from the bottom opening of the scabbard. There is a group of tufts of hair at the bottom of the scabbard. The wood of the scabbard appears to have been stained.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
wood, metal, pod ?, pig hair ?, stain ?, dye ?, pig skin ?, cotton fibre, human hair ?, grass ? and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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