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ContainerIa37

Spherical container, open at one end, around which, there is woven a retainer or a guard. Has an arched handle with a braided-like pattern. Light weight and of a natural light colour.

Culture
Ifugao
Material
coconut nutshell, bamboo grass ? and rattan ?
Made in
Luzon, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa36

Cylindrical basket with a square base. Basket woven of narrow strips of dark brown and natural-coloured palm leaf in a geometric, horizontal banded pattern. The bands are dark brown with designs of natural colour that include the following from top to bottom: fragmented tilted squares, sideways L-shapes, fragmented tilted squares, fragmented tilted squares, sideways L-shapes with an extra extension in the opposite direction at the other end, and fragmented tilted squares. Inside is natural colour. Around the top edge, there is a strip of natural coloured bamboo bound with a narrow strip of red-brown bamboo coiling.

Culture
T'Boli
Material
palm leaf and bamboo grass
Made in
Cotabato, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg123

Male and female seated beside one another on a round pedestal on a high rectangular base. Small figure is entwined in the hair of the male. Female holds lotus in hand on left; male holds trident in upper arm to left. Both wear conical head pieces.

Culture
South India
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa17

Four strands of large and small trade beads, most of which are red. One strand has alternating beads of black with red.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
plastic and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg89

Male figure of Vishnu holding a conch and discus. Elaborate incised pedestal. Figure has a very high cone-shaped headdress.

Culture
South India
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf324

Seated deity(?) figure. Has peacock feather-like headpiece with red residue on face and headpiece. Bar runs from hand on right to hand on left at waist level. Inside round base is hard packed sand.

Culture
Bengali ?
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Bankura, West Bengal, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LampEf323

Multiple-dish lamp (dipa) with female figure (Lakshmi) riding an elephant and holding a pot above her head. Loops on pot, lamp bowls, and elephant would once have hung with small ornaments.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
bronze metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf322

Female figure standing on a lotus base. Arm on left hangs down with palm outward; arm on right bent at the elbow and protruding forward. Hand cupped in such a way as to suggest it may have held some object. Wears arm bands, bracelets, and necklaces. Earrings are round and flat with a circle design stamped on them. Skirt has incised lines indicating drapery. Casting sprue on breast on the right. Dark red brown residue over front.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
brass metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5110

Plaited cedar bark base with warp pieces split four ways on sides; sides are of both plait weaving and openwork with cross plaiting. No coloured or added decoration; fibre loop through rim.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
Wrangell, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC607

A plain long thin handle which tapers to the diamond-shaped finial. Half-way up the handle, there are two horizontal rings carved. Eleven long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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