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BagA8848

Bag made of hide covered in red ochre with a skin fringe along the bottom seam and containing three stones.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone, rawhide skin and ochre pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1200 d

Envelope shape tapa bag with braided edges in maroon and natural. The sides of the bag are border with an abstract, stamped design in green and purple. Lining of is made of plaited palm leaf.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm leaf, bark, paper mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC992

Square woven flax bag with a vertical stripe design in yellow and dark brown; plain and plain and dark brown vertical bands of weaving create an overlapping pattern. Along the sides are thick layers of fringe. The top has two thin twisted handles.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre and dye
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC993

Square woven flax bag with a vertical stripe design in yellow and dark brown; weaving creates a chain pattern horizontally across the stripes. Along the sides are thick layers of fringe. The top has two thin twisted handles.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre and dye
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeC1006

Large woven cloak, or cape, with a wide, curved lower border. The natural-coloured textile has a narrow band across the upper edge with a chevron motif in blue, white and red. Sewn onto the sides are bands with line motifs in light and dark brown. The border along the bottom edge has a large zigzag and diamond motif in brown, red and green.

Culture
Maori
Material
wool fibre, dye and new zealand flax fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.689

Brown birch bark basket with an oval-shaped top and a square bottom. Birch bark is bent and laced into place. A twig splint around the rim is closely overcast for reinforcement, with several bands of crabapple (?) bark beaded in. Geometrical design is scratched on: two rows of scallops bordering chevron strip. Darker part of bark is to the outside. The overcasting is mainly thin strips of natural coloured root (?) with strips of black dyed root (five stitches wide) - two on ends and two on sides. Only the side portions of the natural root overcasting is beaded in a 1:1 ratio.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch root ?, dye, crabapple bark ? and birch bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.691

Brown birch bark basket with a circular top and a rectangular bottom. Bark is bent and laced into place, with birch twine around the rim overcast with thin strips of root; decorative bands of crabapple beading are featured along the rim. Geometric and linear patterns are scratched onto the exterior sides, revealing a lighter shade of bark.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
birch bark, crabapple bark and birch root ?
Made in
Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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BagD1.39

Rectangular green felt bag with two strap handles and blue, floral cotton lining. Beaded front: rose design in red and green on white ground.

Culture
Yakama
Material
wool fibre, skin, glass, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD1.40

"Convent style" floral embroidery in mercerized cotton thread, edges bound with red ribbon. Colours are red, purple, pink, green, yellow.

Culture
Interior Salish
Material
skin, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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