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Shawl1201/33

Woman’s large embroidered shawl made from greenish black cotton textile, embellished with horizontal rows of red and off-white (or pale yellow) finely embroidered geometric designs worked in silk floss. Rectangular in shape and worn over the head with the wide dimension encircling the wearer; the top two corners are turned back and tacked down to the body of the shawl, where there are large clusters of red broken threads on each side where large ornaments may have once been attached. There is a dense row of bright red, white and blue glass beads and red silk tassels that extends from the edge of one turn-back to the other, at about 32 centimetres from the top of the shawl. The piece has a densely embroidered border and the sides and bottom are edged with a narrow brass(?) chain. The textile is pieced in places.

Culture
Kohistani ?
Material
cotton fibre, glass, dye, silk fibre and brass metal ?
Made in
Kohistan, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketryNb11.258

Cylindrical vase-like glass bottle with a woven covering; checker work and twining on bottom; body is wrapped twined. Bottom, warp, weft of crossed warp checker area are cedar; outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs include three bands in various colours with duck and flower (?) motif. Colours include orange, red, brown, green and yellow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bear grass, swamp grass, aniline dye, cedar bark and glass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.341 a-b

Oval basket (a) with flat-topped lid (b). Lid has rim of reinforced cedar bark. Grass twining foundation over three horizontal elements (cedar bark ?). Bottom of basket has rings of open area where two warp strands of grass cross one another. Body and lid of basket also have each, two rings of open areas where pairs of grass warp strands cross natural colour. Body of basket has dark purple band with yellow zigzag design at mid-point. Top of lid has dark purple oval with yellow zigzag design.

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