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BasketryA8494

Swamp grass covered glass vase. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork wicker weave. Two floral bands (quite faded) of green foliage with red flowers.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye, glass and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8493

Flaring, clear glass vase with a bulbous base entirely covered with a woven swamp grass sleeve. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork, wider weave. Two floral bands with green foliage pattern (in arrow design) and red flower, with other triangular bands in yellow and purple at top and bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass, glass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryA8491

Swamp grass covered glass vase. Sides: wrapped twined weaving and crossed-warp plaited openwork. Base: plain twined weaving with checker work weave in center. Two floral bands between the three openwork sections.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB400 a-c

Three rectangular-shaped woven pieces with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b), and a lining (part c) that fits inside one piece (part a). The first piece (part a) is green with a white zigzag strip woven along the bottom. The second piece (part b) has a white, red, and yellow geometric design on a green background. The last piece (part c) is plain, and natural-coloured.

Culture
Philippines
Material
palm leaf ? or grass ?
Made in
Batangas, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB152

Thick palm leaf piece woven together in a cross-hatching pattern to form a simple open weave basket with a braided bail-like handle. Opening on each end of the basket.

Culture
Sakai
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB75

A cylindrical basket woven of natural coloured materials and using two different patterns. The lower weave of the basket has a long and short pattern while the upper weave has a more equilateral pattern. Just above where the patterns change a twisted brown fibre is threaded around the basket.

Culture
Iban
Material
stem ?
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA7464

Square mat - very fine weave. Geometric design of intersecting bands formed by groups of dark strands running at regular intervals through both warp and weft. Edge finished by folding back ends to make a short hem and binding them down with an extra stitch.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA3530

Rectangular mat with woven pattern. There are six bands across the weft of the mat. Each band has eight dark strands with one dark natural-coloured strand in the centre. The border around the edges has three dark strands and one dark natural strand. The edges are finished by overcasting on a core of cedar bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and mud dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB399 a-b

Two natural-coloured rectangular-shaped woven pieces with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b).

Culture
Philippines
Material
grass ? or palm leaf ?
Made in
Batangas, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB398 a-b

Two rectangular-shaped woven pieces that have a flared corners with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b). The main design is consisting of a geometric pattern on the bottom (part a), and cover (part b) in various shades of brown while having the weft fillets wrapped with lighter ones.

Culture
Philippines
Material
grass ? or palm leaf ?
Made in
Batangas, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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