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StoolB560

Stool with wooden frame and woven stem (?) seat. The legs are each carved with beveled top corners, a slight beveled protrusion beneath the squarish top section, and a flared foot. Mortise and tenon joints.

Culture
Gond
Material
wood and stem ?
Made in
Madhya Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB265 a-c

Two connected sheaths (a), one holding a long knife (b) and one a short dagger (c). The end of the bone sword handle is elaborately carved and decorated with blond, brown, red and black hair. The handle grip is wrapped in black fibre. The blade is in a flat wooden sheath lashed together with black, brown and natural fibre. The dagger has a carved wooden handle and is enclosed in a betel leaf bark sheath trimmed with red fibre. There is woven cord pulled through holes in the dagger's sheath.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood, iron metal, fibre, bark, plant fibre, goat hair and bone
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart QuiverB262

Plain, hollow, cylindrical, brown container with lid, wrapped with three woven bands to secure the elongated v-shaped, carved hook, dark brown wood handle. A red-brown gourd with a light-coloured lid is also attached with cord.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
gourd fruit, rattan, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB261

Woven bag shape that has handles, one at either side, similar to that of a back pack. Design consists of horizontal bands of geometric designs in black and natural colour that consist of the following from top to bottom: triangles, circles, triangles, square panels of various geometric shapes, triangles, circles, and triangles.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
stem ?
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SheathB249

Small wooden sheath wound with brass wire; decorative chain overlay down the centre and bands of braided wire around the top. Protruding wooden tab with a hole near the top..

Culture
Coastal Malay
Material
brass metal and wood
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlanketB242

Large, rectangular piece of plain, light brown bark cloth. One twined cord and one cotton strap for fastening are attached to the material along one edge.

Culture
Murut
Material
fibre and bark
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8456

Short rectangular and rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with short foot. Foundation of cedar root slats (base) and cedar root splints (sides) construction. Imbricated pattern of two rows of zigzags, in cat-tail grass (?), red and black cherry bark, connecting to form diamond shapes; third row of shapes are very tips of zigzag. Foot has same tips of zigzag, two on short sides, four on long. Fibre tied through sides of base slats. Fibres are sticking through the coiled row near the foot. Had a looped border at one time.

Culture
Interior Salish ?
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, dye and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatB101

Mat in a shield shape made of black and natural rattan to form a geometric design that consists of two vertical bands of a plain zig zag on a black background with a plain cross or star shape in each black space. Above, in the pointed end, the design pattern consists of alternating squares that have lines within which are perpendicular to those of the squares next to them. Painted end has a red cloth along the diagonal sides that converge to a point. Yellow, red, white, and black beads along with six tassels of the same connected by shell rosettes or a coin decorate the red cloth.

Culture
Iban
Material
rattan, fibre, glass and shell
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB136

Open weave basket with six sided base. Woven design of crossed warps. Arched handle is four intertwined strands attached to the sides of the basket near the base.

Culture
Malay
Material
stem ?
Made in
Malacca, Maluku, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlowgunB135

Blowgun with plain shaft that is covered at the open end with red cane that has been wrapped around the shaft and is interrupted by two bands of woven grass? as well as a strand of dark brown braided hair that has been wrapped and tied around the shaft. Two other thick bands of woven grass ? have come loose from the shaft. The mouthpiece is hemispherical.

Culture
Malay
Material
wood, hair, stem ? and grass ?
Made in
Malacca, Maluku, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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