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ClothK5.101

Brown, rectangular piece of fabric beaded in border stripes, with 52 beaded circles; blue, red, pink and white beads used. Thick brown fringe along lower edge. Hide tie at one upper corner.

Culture
Xhosa ?
Material
glass, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA2381

Woven, rope-like, red-dyed cedar bark ring. Tassels made of long strands of finer three-strand cedar bark rope attached in four places.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA2342

Rope-like double strand twisted cedar bark ring. Tassels of thinner cedar bark ropes twisted and braided together with orange twine sewn to the main ring on four sides.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA3729

Two interlocking woven red cedar bark rings of a chain-type weave . Four bundles or tassels of red string are hung from each ring at intervals.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA3728

Woven cedar bark headband with ermine skins on top and rectangular abalone shells on each of its four sides. One of the abalone shells is split into two pieces and is supported by metal brackets.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
ermine skin, fibre, cedar bark, abalone shell and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.354

Light brown grass mat covered with stripes of consecutive triangles woven in dark fibre. One central stripe of adjoining diamond shapes.

Culture
Lozi ?
Material
grass, dye and stem ?
Made in
Barotse Floodplain, Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.353

A small deep coiled circular basket with rounded sides. Tapered downward at the bottom. Design consists of red diamond shapes outlined with dark brown on a beige background.

Culture
Ovimbundu ?
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhiskK5.153

Whisk of woven grass and fibre string with a long, cylindrical woven handle tied at both ends with fibre string that has been wrapped around the handle. One end consists of unwoven grass that splays out slightly.

Culture
Zulu
Material
grass and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beer SkimmerK5.150

Skimmer made of woven grass with a six-sided bowl consisting of strips of grass woven closely together to form a strainer and a handle that begins at the centre of the bowl as two separate arms, which join one third of the way up the handle, and then the handle tapers towards the end where there is a loop for hanging. From the centre of the bowl, there is a band of undyed grass, followed by a narrower band of green, a wider band of purple, and undyed grass at the edge. The colours are most visible on the underside of the bowl. The handle is faintly green at both ends where the grass is wound around the handle form, and then is woven faint green and purple-brown at the centre, with the loop at the end purple-brown.

Culture
Zulu
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TumplineA2.109

Wool tumpline with horizontal triangular pattern in red on tan background, woven on a bark warp. The ties are braided and knotted plant fibre (possibly birch?).

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
bark, wool fibre and plant fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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