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MaskNb11.223

The shape of the mask is like a high triangle, two planes intersecting on the median of the face. The heavy eyebrows are painted black, but are not raised. The brow slopes and projects sharply above the nose. Each eye is set in a concave orb in the mask. The eye is made up of a painted white ring surrounding a round hole (2 cm. in diameter, 2 mm deep). The hooked nose is long and narrow and merges with the backswept cheek planes. Up-thrusted narrow nostrils are painted orange. The mouth, encircled by a concave recess, is formed by full, protruding lips, drawn back slightly separated and painted orange. Along the top edge of the mask extend strands of black hair shredded and twisted cedar bark strands, and grey-white feathers. Inside the mask is a leather frame to fit the head.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
yellow cedar wood, hair, cedar bark, adhesive, metal, leather skin, fibre, feather and paint
Made in
Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf506

Rectangular cloth consisting of eleven narrow strips 12 cm wide and sewn selvedge to selvedge. Stripes run the length of each strip in the same pattern. Starting at one side is a light brown-white selvedge; narrow white stripe; broad light brown-white band; narrow white; broad dark brown; narrow white; broad brown; narrow white; broad dark brown; narrow white and broad light brown-white selvedge. Creased along width at each end. Unwoven fringe at both ends is 1 cm wide. Small yellow stains overall.

Culture
Mende: Sherbo
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf505

Rectangular cloth of twelve narrow strips sewn together. Each strip has a band of parallel black stripes and three parallel stitch width lines of brown above. Seams are above the brown stripes.

Culture
Mende: Sherbo
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Official Emergency HatEd1.283

Official emergency hat with flat round brim attached to crown shaped like truncated cone. Inside of hat is made of paper painted black, with a woven texture showing. Outside of hat is covered with fine red silk, with edges trimmed with red paper, and with vertical strips of red paper on each side of the crown, at the bottom of which are small red tubes. On the underside of the brim from the tubes and strips are attached two red silk ribbons that are tied together. Crown of hat projects slightly below its point of insertion into the brim. Brim is somewhat wavy and has black and brown stains.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass ?, horse hair ?, paper, silk fibre, lacquer, paste adhesive and paint
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe343

A headband, with a marquise shape, of several layers of beaten bark, on the outer surface of which have been sewn yellow-white nassa shells entirely covering the band except for a lozenge of exposed bark 1 cm. wide at the centre of the band. The pattern is a lozenge of eleven rows of shells around this centre. Nearly perpendicular to each side are twenty-five parallel rows of shells. There is another lozenge pattern at each end of the band and a double row of shells around the edge. Fragments of bark twine remain at each end.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, aka bark and nassarius shell
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe342

A headband of several layers of beaten bark, on the outer surface of which, there have been sewn six parallel rows of white nassa shells on the longitudinal axis of the band covering it. The shells overlap slightly and face the centre of the band. At the centre, there is a transverse strip of bark 1.5 cm. wide on which there are no shells, but which is coated with red paint. The band is an elongated oval in shape. Fragments of bark twine remain tied to ends . Shells near ends of band are smaller and more yellow.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, paint, aka bark and nassarius shell
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.229

Rectangular basket with two braided handles sewn on with black thread. Base has wide strips of checker weave cedar bark. Sides are of grasses woven in a diagonal pattern with two strips of cedar woven in near the top and bottom, each edged with a faded purple stripe. The upper edge has grasses coiled around it. Woven into both sides is a design of a purple eagle clutching an arrow.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
fibre, dye, grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEf269

A finely woven off-white circular wool hat with the machine sewn top sewn to a long rolled tube. The tubular section has decorative seams consisting of circular rings. Top of hat is lined with white cotton.

Culture
Kalash
Material
sheep wool fibre
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatNb11.278

Dome-shaped basketry hat with small checker work plaited square at top, where warps are visible. This area is outlined with twining and then the warps are split into smaller pieces and double strand twining resumes, but as much finer work. There is a row of triple strand twining, after several rows, and then the warps are split again and two strand twining continues. The bottom rim is finished with a row of triple strand twining followed by four rows of double strand twining, and then another row of triple strand twining. There is a fitted hatband inside hat with a cotton string sewn through it. A small cloth tag with a red letter "M" is sewn to the inside of the hat band.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark and cotton fibre
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagEi27

Orange, cotton bag made of two rectangular pieces of hand woven cloth machine sewn together at the bottom with a fringe. Wide band is sewn on the sides and extends to form the strap. Decorated with hand embroidered stylized birds, butterfly, elephant and flower like forms is interspersed with various geometric designs of which the diamond shape is most prevalent on this bag; designs in light orange, white, green and red. Some of the design has been woven into the fabric.

Culture
Naga
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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