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BasketC593

Basket with bag-like design: two braided handles, and an oval shape with a slit down the centre top to form the mouth.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC594

A very flexible bag-like basket. Main design consists of three equally spaced horizontal bands in black on a natural background. In between the horizontal bands in black there is a pattern of vertical woven strips creating vertical rectangles along a natural weave of horizontal strips. There is a connecting braided handle going from one side to the other with tassels.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf and hemp fibre
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlC677

Bowl, circular as viewed from the top, with four slightly tapering legs. There is a protrusion between two legs on the side of the bowl that has two holes through which braided plant fibre has been looped and knotted for hanging.

Culture
Fijian
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7506

A relatively cylindrical woven basket that has a rounded top and a square base. Plaiting with a braided handle that is connected by a briaded arch-like feature at either side. Braided reinforcement near the top. Main design consists of a dark diamond plaid.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7507

Woven basket with a square bottom, gently flaring sides and an oval-shaped upper rim. Sides are twined with sections of plaiting; rim is braided. Three wide horizontal strips of dyed cedar bark fed in-between warp strands, and three strips of dyed bark twined into sides.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7508

Short, rounded basket with a square bottom and round, open top with a thick, braided rim. Sides are plain twined work with five encircling bands of alternating dark and light brown colour. Base is plaited cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC121

A brown wood hook with a braided brown plant fibre cord.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC139

A white ring suspended from a string of pink shell "buttons" with a row of red beads in between.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
shell and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeC430

A braided brown rope in a coil.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
coconut husk fibre
Made in
Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC725

Cylindrical, brown wood handle that curves around at a forty degree angle. The end is curved into a y-shape and has a spur. The inside of the curve has a rectangular panel painted white and ochre. The handle is covered with braided fibre in alternating brown and black rings. There is a knob at the end of the handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
lime mineral, bark fibre and wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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