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FigureK4.190

African soldier on a bicycle. Prominent forehead, nails for eyes, large nose, big chin, slightly open slit mouth, and large ears. Wearing a cylindrical hat. On a flat rectangular wood base.

Culture
Kamba
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.187

Light brown wood bird figure. The black and red painted wings are resting at the sides of the body. There is a rounded chest, a cylindrical neck, a round head with nails for eyes, and a downward angled beak. Long legs are bent back, standing on a flat oval base.

Culture
Kamba
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8799

Rounded, urn-shaped grass basket with encircling bands of multicoloured geometric and linear patterning.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, swamp grass and cedar root
Made in
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8796

Cylindrical woven basket with a rounded, convex bottom. Twined work spruce root basket. Decorated with three horizontal brown stripes that are each six stitches wide.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
spruce root and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8795

Round woven mat. Central magenta and yellow clockwise pinwheel type figure. Exterior border of magenta with yellow in between. In the middle, there are six purple ducks or bird figures on orange strips in an equally spaced clockwise direction in profile. Wrapped twined (or latticed twined) weaving with turned warp border.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8794

Round woven mat. Interior and exterior circular bands of orange and turquoise-blue creating the illusion of a 3-d design of rope twined over another rope. Two geometric modified purple-blue and yellow lightning figures with pink-red floral figures in between that have green leaves. Lattice twined weaving (similar to wrapped twined weaving) with central origin point.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8793

Round woven mat. Round turquoise center with uneven edges. Three purple and turquoise exterior bands make up the border. There is a checkered band in between with purple on the outer and inner edges and turquoise for the middle rhomboids. Lattice twined or wrapped twined weaving with folded over warp border.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8792

Round woven mat. Central yellow circle with concentric orange-pink and dark blue bands adjacent. Purple zig zag bands with red and blue composite bands as the middle concentric band. Lattice twined weaving with folded warp border.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
swamp grass and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA8791

Round woven mat. Central purple circle surrounded by several multi-coloured concentric bands that consists of magenta; yellow bordered by pink and purple surrounded by purple dashes; purple; and deep blue. Lattice twined weaving with central origin.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
dye and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA8790 a-b

Swamp grass basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Base (part a) has plaited origin with plain twining over wide warp strands. Sides and lid are twisted twined work. Slightly indented flange on the basket (part a). On the bottom rim of the basket and the side of the lid, there is a ribbon of black/yellow/purple/yellow/black. Sides of the basket (part a) have a main design consisting of two turquoise and black representations of an eagle with wings extended facing left and sitting on an arrow. Lid (part b) has a similar design of birds with a black/yellow/purple/yellow/black centre dot.

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