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BasketA2.692

Large birch bark basket. Birch bark bent and laced together with birch root. Birch twig around rim is overcast with dyed root. Design is scratched on. Design on side one: vertical stripes of triangles on lines. Side two: vertical strips filled with oblique strokes bordered by triangles. Rim is overcast with dyed root (?). Dark part of bark is to the outside.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
dye, birch root ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.701

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 birch root and partially beaded with crabapple(?) bark. Geometric patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch root, birch bark and crabapple bark ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CopperA17157

Copper made from several sheets of metal joined together with metal rivets. The rectangular base is formed by two pieces of metal joined with another piece with a ridge that runs vertically up the centre. These three pieces are joined to the top section by another strip of metal with a ridge that runs across horizontally. The top section has sides that flare outwards towards the top, which has a curved edge. The top section is also slightly convex. The copper has a blackened surface overall and is painted with a green border around the top section, which also has the stylized face of a sea bear in green paint with areas of bare copper showing through the blackened surface. The bottom section is painted with four pairs of green diagonal lines.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowD2.83 a-g

A set of arrows with wood shafts, a metal steel point. and three split feathers on each end attached with gut. All the shafts are incised with curving lines along the length and have red and green paint near the feathered ends. Well made metal points.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, feather, steel metal and paint
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarC1499

Clay jar which has a hole at the side and at the top. There is a loop handle on top which has thin corded fibre tied around it. The top half is decorated with an incised linear geometric pattern. Glazed with yellowish gum.

Culture
Fijian
Material
clay
Made in
Viti Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AwlD1.239

Bone awl with diagonal striations with cross lines, and triangles with horizontal lines on left and right side of awl. Three grooves carved into left and right side of awl near base.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
bone
Made in
Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureC1516

Large root figure with a cylindrical shaped body that curves outwards. The body narrows slightly then expands in an oval shape that is detailed as a head. Incised on either side are fish heads that are positioned to appear as the eyes of the figure. There is an engraved line that outlines the figures head and its mouth. There is a protruding section of the root that appears as a nose. In the body is an incised body of a fish. There are remnants of black pigment on the surface.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
root and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlH2.62

Reddish brown whorl with a band of geometric linear design and several plain rings. Has a red ribbon and three brass tubular beads fastened to the centre.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay, fibre and brass metal
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdH1.153

A triangular brown and black segment of pottery, possibly a segment of the rim of a large pot. A loop handle with a large zoomorphic head on it sits in the centre of the segment.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarletH1.294

Short, mottled brown, rounded jar with a rounded bottom. Vessel is unadorned except for a band of short, incised vertical lines ringing the shoulders. A circular, slightly flared lip marks the jar's mouth.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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