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NecklaceC950 a-b

Alternating flat circular white shell and dark shell strung with fibre string. Two pieces, one of which (part a) is longer than the other (part b).

Culture
Eastern Polynesian
Material
fibre and shell
Made in
Line Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.620

Birch bark is bent and laced into place. On the rim, splints are overcast (open stitch) and then beaded with red and black yarn. Around the mid-section of the basket a twig is sewn on for reinforcement. The rim is overcast; three stitches, then every other stitch is beaded with black thread (six stitches) then three stitches, openwork, then the next series of three then three overcast.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
birch bark, birch root, fibre and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.621

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root. A string handle is tied to either side of the rim.

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root ? and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.622

Dark brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square-shaped bottom--bark is bent and laced together with birch root. Splint around rim is overcast and then partially beaded with crabapple bark (4-5 stitches every 1-1 1/4 in).

Culture
Dakelhne: Nat'ooten: Babine
Material
birch bark, birch root ?, crabapple bark and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC975

Two boar's tusks are attached to form a circle. Cut multi-toned pink-orange shells decorated the brown twisted fibre cords. Three hollow nut shell rattles are placed at the bottom.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, nutshell, boar tusk and shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShellC1199 a-d

Four shell pieces. The first has an oval-like shape with a curved, toothed edge. The second shell (part b) is a thick U-shape. The third shell (part c) has a small hook at one end and a curved, toothed edge. The fourth shell (part d) has a bulbous L-like shape.

Culture
Massim
Material
shell
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC54

Dark brown discs interspaced with two white discs strung on a fibre strand and tied together at the end.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shell, coral and coconut husk fibre
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceC55

Dark brown discs interspaced with several pairs of white discs and strung on two fibre strands with short tassel-like bunches where the strands are joined together. Each of the four tassels has three pairs of white discs.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shell, coral and coconut husk fibre
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1108

A rounded heart shape with a geometric band design outlining the heart, as well as going down along the middle, and emphasized with black pigment on both sides. There is a hole pierced at the top centre.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentC1109

A round, off-white, pearl-shell ornament or bracelet. Edges are rounded.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
shell
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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